JDKG has more than a decade of experience representing employers in the area of employment law. We have expertise with a broad range of employment issues, from implementation of measures for litigation avoidance, to representing employers in a variety of labor and employment issues.

Our litigation avoidance experience includes:

• Assisting our clients with wage and hour issues.
• Counseling HR departments on hiring decisions.
• Establishing termination/progressive discipline processes.
• Advising our clients regarding OSHA regulations.
• Addressing wage and hour/paycheck issues.
• Creating and reviewing employment contracts, non-competition agreements, and employment manuals.
• Establishing drug and alcohol policies.
• Advising our clients concerning the use of polygraph tests.
• Counseling our clients concerning the requirements of FMLA.
• Representing clients faced with collective bargaining and NLRB matters.

Our experience representing employers includes:

• Responding to state level EEOC issues, as well as federal or state employment litigation matters.
• Defending clients against Department of Labor pay plan audits and allegations of minimum wage violations.
• Representing clients in employment discrimination litigation (Title VII, ADA, ADEA, Texas Commission on Human Rights).
• Litigating issues of wage and hour/FLSA.
• Representing clients in litigation involving non-competition agreements.

We understand the complex employment law issues confronting employers. Whether our clients need help in creating strategies for litigation avoidance, or need aggressive representation in a labor or employment issue, we can help.