An employer's most coveted asset is their talent. Talent is vital in order for companies to progress to the top of their respective industries and achieve pertinent business goals. Employers strive to provide their talent with competitive wages and benefits, and a safe and prosperous working environment. But in this ever-changing economic climate, employee-related issues arise that disrupt the flow of business. Our goal is to partner with you to help avoid employment related issues where possible and to provide cost-effective, creative resolution to those issues when they arise.
Employment laws and current developments are constantly evolving and becoming more complex. The attorneys at Cetrulo & Capone LLP make it their goal to collaborate with you and help you understand these complex changes in order to remain on track and avoid any interruptions. Our attorneys are readily available to provide day-to-day counseling and assistance. Should litigation occur, we are positioned to provide world-class, cost-effective services.
The Cetrulo & Capone Employment Group serves public companies, private individuals and educational institutions on a variety of general and industry specific employment concerns. We know what to do, when to do it, and we make it our business to learn yours so that we can tailor our advice to your needs.
We regularly assist clients in the following areas:
Advice
We are readily available to our clients to answer the most discrete question or to provide counsel through late night meetings. As a partner, we go where our clients need us and provide counsel for all phases of the employment relationship. The members of the Employment group have assisted clients in designing, planning and executing reductions in force, working to assure compliance with applicable laws and to keep conflict to a minimum.
Agreements
Offer letters, employment agreements, confidentiality, non-competition - all of them help define your rights and your employees'. They should be hand-tailored documents, not forms.
Audits
We can check your compliance with the ever-changing employment laws and regulations, including those in the wage and hour area, to help you discover, assess and minimize risks. Our employment group has conducted numerous audits for businesses regarding sexual harassment policies and complaints.
Handbook and Policy Drafting and Training
We regularly write employment handbooks and policies designed to manage employees' expectations and provide some protection for employers in the event of litigation. Policies, such as those relating to discrimination, harassment, leaves of absence, workplace conduct and progressive discipline can aid in an employer's defense only when they are conscientiously drafted.
Once the policies have been put into place, The Employment Group can provide training, including anti-harassment and diversity, for all levels of your work force.
Investigation
The manner in which a company investigates any claim of discrimination or harassment can have an enormous outcome on the claim's resolution. Investigation should be prompt, thorough and impartial.
Litigation
When all efforts at prevention, intervention and early resolution fail, we defend our clients in front of agencies and courts. We have experience before state and federal administrative agencies including the EEOC, OSHA, the Department of Labor, as well as the MCAD and the Massachusetts Department of Employment Security. We remain focused on keeping costs low and looking to curtail the effects of litigation on our clients' day-to-day operations.
Our attorneys represent clients in litigation matters involving employment disputes, including wrongful discharge claims, wage and hour, discrimination/harassment, workers compensation and unemployment compensation.
As an alternative to this costly forum, the members of the Employment Group have experience solving disputes by conducting Alternative Dispute Resolution. They have appeared in front of federal and state arbitration and mediation forums.
