Labor & Employment

Overview

Labor and employment laws affect the full spectrum of the legal relationship between employers and employees. It begins with the initial hiring process and continues to expand into every facet of daily business operations, including hiring, hours, wages, promotions, terminations, and benefits. Labor and employment laws are complex and governed by federal, state, county, and sometimes city statutes or ordinances. Due to the complex nature of these laws, an experienced labor and employment attorney is critical for both employers and employees.

Our Experience

The Digesti Law Firm has successfully represented clients in almost all aspects of employment and labor relations from class actions against large corporations to hearings before the Employee Management Relations Board. The strength and depth of our labor and employment practice is our trial and arbitration experience ranging from aggressively protecting a single employees rights at trial to representing labor union members in all aspects of labor law.

In an area as complex as labor and employment law, a client needs an attorney who not only has the experience, but has been successful. At the Digesti Law Firm, we bring years of experience in trial, arbitration, and mediation to represent clients in matters including:

• Employee harassment and discrimination suits such as sexual harassment, age discrimination, national origin, race, sexual orientation, gender, disability, and retaliation.
• Counsel and representation of unions at arbitration before the Employee Management Relations Board, and, when appropriate, district court.
• Whistle blower actions.
• Wage and hour actions.
• Unfair labor practices charges.
• Workplace privacy.
• Wrongful termination.
• Counsel employers on employment agreements, employment handbooks, sexual harassment policies, independent contractor agreements, and Internet/e-mail usage polices.

Our Philosophy and Goal

The Digesti Law Firm prides itself on providing superior service to each client, whether the client is a single employee or a labor union. We understand that employment is a critical aspect of each clients life and we treat each clients matter with that importance in mind.

Our goal is simple draw upon our history of experience to provide aggressive and cost-effective representation for each client.