Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment
Our firm focuses exclusively on management-side employment law in a wide variety of industries: construction, manufacturing, health care, senior housing and care, finance, transportation and logistics, government, and public agency. We represent prominent national clients, as well as clients with a statewide and regional presence. Our relationships with many of these have lasted 30+ years in part due to our reputation for strategic thinking, creative problem solving and leading edge advocacy.
Experience
- Civil rights and impact litigation
- Complex employment class actions
- Employment discrimination disparate impact class actions
- FLSA collective actions
- PAGA representative actions
- Wage and hour & meal period and rest break class actions
- Employment Agreement arbitrations
- Disability discrimination litigation
- Individual employee employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination litigation
- Employee benefits litigation
- Employment agreements
- Employment law advice and counseling, including advice concerning federal, state and local laws mandating employee leaves of absences, advice concerning employee disciplinary issues, counseling and advice concerning employee job performance issues and counseling and advice concerning employee separations including, reductions in force, layoffs, job eliminations and involuntary separations
- Advice concerning or leading collective bargaining negotiations
- Advice and counsel concerning the administration of collective bargaining agreements
- Labor arbitrations under collective bargaining agreements
- Advice and counsel concerning labor organizing drives, union picketing and strikes
- Workplace investigations and various manager and supervisor trainings
- Administrative proceedings and hearings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), California’s Public Employee Relations Board ( PERB), the California Department of Civil Rights (CDCR) and the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Personnel policies and handbook
- Advice and counsel and litigation concerning trade secrets and unfair competition issue
- Wage and hour advice including DLSE and DOL investigations
- Whistleblower litigation
Key Contacts
News & Resources
Published in Law360: Employer Tips for Responding to ICE in the Workplace
This article, by Jennifer Martinez and Brenda Quintanilla, was initially published by Law360 on June 26, 2025.
As media outlets across the country report a significant rise in immigration enforcement activities under President Donald Trump's new administration, it is imperative that employers establish policies and protocols to respond to immigration enforcement activities potentially occurring at the workplace.
Update: CMS Appeals Ruling Vacating Key Provisions of the Staffing Mandate
On June 6, 2025, CMS appealed the ruling from the Northern District of Texas, that vacated two key provisions of CMS's 2024 Final Rule staffing mandate.
Guidance for Employers on Preparing for and Responding to ICE or Other Law Enforcement in the Workplace
As media across the country report a significant rise of immigration enforcement activities under the new Trump Administration, it is imperative that employers establish policies and protocols for responding to possible immigration enforcement activities at the workplace. This alert offers legal background about employers’ rights and duties, and practical guidance for interacting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
As ICE Rolls Into California, Current Law Enforcement Immigration Protections May Roll Out
Shifting values: California Assembly members support legislation that would allow more cooperation between California law enforcement agencies and federal immigration authorities. These proposals mark a significant departure from the state’s previous stance – and are now unfolding in real time as protests continue to erupt.
California Employers Can Use Prospective Meal Break Waivers for Short Shifts
Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc. clarifies that employers may obtain – in advance – written waivers from employees who voluntarily choose to skip a meal break on short shifts.
Is the Unionization of Uber and Lyft Drivers On California’s Horizon?
California lawmakers introduced a bill that would give Uber and Lyft drivers the right to unionize and negotiate better working conditions, despite being classified as independent contractors.
2025 Employer Services Seminar
The recordings of this 2025 Employer Services Seminar took place in San Francisco on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. The presentation slides and full videos from the individual sessions are available below.
2024 Mid-Year Labor & Employment Update
Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) Reform – Will It Really Solve The Problem?
A discussion of what we know, and what we don't know, about the PAGA deal the Governor brokered this week.
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