Practice Areas:
Employment and Wage & Hour

Atkins & Evans labor and employment attorneys have successfully defended corporations and public entities against a broad spectrum of employment-related claims arising under state and federal law, including claims for:

• Sex, race, age, gender, disability, national origin and other unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation
• Wrongful termination in violation of public policy
• Breach of implied and express employment contract
• Defamation, interference with contractual or prospective economic relationship, fraud, emotional distress and other tort-based claims
• Violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act and the California Family Rights Act
• Unfair competition, including claims arising under California Business & Professions Code, § 17200, et seq.
• California Labor Code, Section 132(a) violations
• Wage and hour violations

Our expertise in handling every phase of employment-related litigation provides us with an invaluable advantage in the defense of employment-related claims. That experience also enables us to assist management in preventing problems before they arise. Our attorneys provide day-to-day counseling and advice to management, in addition to conducting workplace investigations.

 

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