Employment Law and Compensation
Our business lawyers are experienced in all areas of executive and employee compensation. They provide our clients with comprehensive corporate plans and personalized tax and securities law advice in the area of executive and employee compensation, including services related to the following:
- Employment agreements and compensation plans
- Severance arrangements
- Equity compensation plans, including stock option, restricted stock, phantom stock, and stock appreciation plans
- Deferred compensation plans
- Cash incentive, bonus, commission, and performance programs
- Compliance with applicable securities registration requirements or exemptions
- Minimizing risk under the insider trading restrictions imposed by Section 16(b)
Our employment attorneys assist companies and human resource managers in anticipating and preventing employee – relations problems through education, documentation, and counseling. Our attorneys regularly handle evaluation, discipline and discharge of employees, wage and hour matters, personnel policies, terminations, severance agreements and arrangements, discrimination issues, protection of intellectual property, noncompetition covenants, nondisclosure agreements, layoffs, and plant closures. These services also include matters relating to nonemployee consultants, sales representatives, and other independent contractors. Our employment law attorneys also handle a wide variety of employment disputes.
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