Standing Up For Employees
As part of our full-service employment law practice, we handle complex employment litigation in all forums in Wisconsin, federal court and across the country. We also appear before the Wisconsin equal rights agencies and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board and the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission. We handle matters before Civil Service Commission, Police & Fire Commission, Regulation & Licensing Boards, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Labor, OSHA, tribal courts and numerous other employment tribunals, including for various types of alternative dispute resolutions.
Call While You Are Still Employed
While our firm can help employees regardless of their employment status, it is in your best interests to call our offices as soon as possible. We can protect your employment status and protect against any form of retaliation. If you are an employee who fears retaliation, let us step in to hold your employer accountable.
Contact our firm online today to schedule your initial consultation and to learn more about our services. We have offices in Milwaukee, Waukesha and Chicago: call 414-616-3229.
Employment Representation
Every employee and professional should contact an attorney before signing any type of contract or agreement; in reality, few do. We provide assistance in the review, revision and negotiation of a variety of employment contracts, including noncompete covenants, non-solicitation agreements, confidentiality and intellectual property contracts, and severance agreements.
Small-Business Services
We handle employment and professional agreements on a variety of levels. We have drafted everything from key employee retention contracts to severance agreements. We can create non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements and noncompete contracts. We can craft a retention agreement that will encourage the employees you need to stay with you long enough to make a difference. We can assist you to draft personnel policies to reduce the potential for legal liability so your business can concentrate on its operations.
Pretermination Intervention / Employment Counseling
Operating with the concept that proactive intervention is often the best course of action, we work to resolve employment problems before they happen and as they are occurring. For some employees and executives, this means counseling or ghostwriting for the client to resolve the matter directly with the company with the attorney staying entirely in the background. For other clients, it means taking immediate action with the employer to assert a claim or resolve the matter on a win-win basis if possible.
Employment Discrimination
We handle all types of employment discrimination matters, from preliminary advice to federal litigation. This includes claims under the Wisconsin fair employment statutes, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Equal Pay Act, and other protections such as against bankruptcy, military status, use or nonuse of lawful protects, honesty testing, medical privacy and all other employment protections.
Sexual, Racial And All Forms Of Harassment
Sexual, racial and other forms of harassment have no place in the workplace. We have years of experience with sexual and racial harassment as well as harassment against employees with disabilities or against the foreign born. If you need a race, sex, religion, national origin, physical disability or age discrimination attorney in Wisconsin, contact us.
Pay And Benefits Litigation And Resolution
Pay and benefits litigation is an emerging body of law and a fertile ground for litigation when resolution cannot be achieved. Uninformed and unfunded employers frequently violate wage and hour laws, including overtime pay requirements, ERISA, COBRA, and short-term and long-term disability insurance laws and plan requirements, thereby inviting lawsuits. We assist small business and community organizations with compliance, as well as assert and enforce employee rights and protections. Class actions are particularly appropriate in this area. Our firm is known for handling employment law class actions nationwide.
Employment Damages Litigation
Cross Law Firm, S.C., pursues compensatory and punitive damages claims for our clients who have been the victims of libel and slander, intentional infliction of emotional distress, detrimental reliance (estoppel), tortious interference with business relationships, anticipatory breach and other employment torts.
Wrongful Discharge
Wisconsin wrongful discharge law has been expanding over the last two decades and now provides wider coverage for terminated employees or those who are forced to terminate under certain circumstances (constructive discharge). In addition to general common law covering wrongful discharge, employees may also be protected by specific statute if they engaged in other legally protected types of conduct.
Whistleblowing
We work to both protect whistleblowers against retaliatory action and to further the issues they have advanced, where appropriate. Often employees and executives are unaware of whistleblower protections, which are not consistent throughout the various areas of employment. We have a particular focus on government contracts, where the federal False Claims Act may be involved, as recovery for whistleblowing employees can be substantial, providing strict confidentiality so the matter can be filed under seal.
Workers’ Compensation, Social Security Disability, Safety And Health
Unfortunately, many individuals with related claims do not benefit from coordination between the law firms handling their claims. When your workers’ compensation and disability accommodation claims are handled by two different firms that are not coordinating efforts on your behalf, all claims are weakened as a result. You need our experience when it comes to safety and health issues.
Government Employees
Both the substantive law and the procedure for state, county, municipal and federal employees are extremely different than the laws and process covering private sector employees. Special considerations apply to government employees because of potential constitutional and due process claims, the unique exhaustion procedures, and the morass of procedural requirements within governmental employment. Experience in representing federal, state, county and municipal employees is crucial when handling these matters.
Contact Our Employment Law Lawyers Today
When doctors, lawyers and even judges need legal advice, we often get the call. License reporting issues, partnerships, and reputation and special pay practices are but a few of the special legal concerns of professionals.
Contact our Wisconsin office today to schedule your initial consultation with an experienced employment law attorney. Call 414-616-3229.