Gardner Law’s experienced labor and employment attorneys counsel and represent public and private clients regarding a wide variety of employment matters. Our attorneys are available to advise businesses with important employment decisions as they arise. They also represent businesses in administrative, judicial or arbitration proceedings when employment disputes escalate to those levels.
We help our clients stay focused on running their businesses by providing them with the resources they need to win claims that are filed against them and to avoid claims in the first place. These subject areas include:
Our Practice Includes:
- General employment law advice and counseling;
- Drafting and implementing employment policies, practices and manuals;
- Compliance with Texas and federal employment laws;
- Employment discrimination claims;
- Advice and representation in administrative proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,Texas Workforce Commission, U.S. Department of Labor (Wage & Hour Division and OSHA), National Labor Relations Board, and similar agencies;
- Wage/hour compliance;
- Non-compete/trade secret claims;
- Labor relations, including union avoidance, negotiations, and defense of labor conflicts;
- Workplace investigations;
- Harassment claims;
- Representation in Federal and State litigation, as well as arbitration proceedings;
- Unemployment compensation proceedings and hearings;
- Workers compensation retaliation claims;
- Other retaliation claims.
Labor and employment law is like a minefield, littered with unexploded ordinance manufactured anywhere from the 1930s to the 2020s. A good labor and employment attorney not only has a map of the minefield, but also knows how to diffuse the weapons that stand between you and your goal of getting across that field. Bob Kilgore – Special Counsel