Certified Labor and Employment Law Attorneys

Representing Employers in Santa Rosa and Nationwide

All businesses strive to maintain productive workplace relationships, but the reality is that workplace conflict is inevitable. Employers are wedged between demanding employees on one side and mounting regulatory requirements and standards on the other.

Government regulations and an ever-changing legal landscape present challenges for employers attempting to manage each element of the employer-employee relationship, including:

• Recruitment and Hiring: Employers must navigate the myriad federal, state, and local legal requirements governing recruitment, applications, interviews, background checks, and drug testing.
• Compensation and Benefits: Employers need to understand and comply with wage and hour laws, employee timekeeping and pay docking rules, payroll withholding, mandatory employee benefits, and employer-sponsored benefit programs.
• Workplace Policies: Employers create specific policies to ensure their workplaces function as they want them to. To legitimately discipline or fire an employee, the employer needs a policy addressing his or her behavior or employment issue at hand.
• Privacy in the Workplace: California law protects employees’ rights to privacy. But employers also have a significant interest in retrieving and reviewing employees’ communications and activities during work hours and on company computers, quite often for the sole purpose of covering their legal bases. Our attorneys can help sort out this legal confusion.
• Termination of Employment: To manage their businesses efficiently, employers in today’s litigious society must understand various legal protections shielding employees from termination.
• Employee Conduct: While no employer wants to think about an internal or client complaint about an employee’s conduct, human resources must know how to conduct a prompt, thorough, and legally appropriate investigation to minimize the employer’s liability.

Our job at Smith Dollar PC consists in representing employers involved in the employer-employee relationship. Whether client employers want to reduce the risk of costly workplace lawsuits or disputes, design workplace policies or are facing a legal claim or an investigation, we can help. Our lawyers provide employers with the information and advice they need to navigate the regulatory environment, while minimizing legal exposure and achieving their goals.

Our Comprehensive Employment and Labor Law Practice

We understand that employers have many choices when it comes to legal representation in the full range of employment and labor law matters. To succeed for our clients, we cultivate a relationship with each employer as a knowledgeable and valuable member of their human resource team.

Our extensive experience in representing employers includes the following areas: Get to know our legal professionals and what they can do for your business by contacting Smith Dollar PC as soon as possible.

Labor & Employment Law Services At Smith Dollar PC

Our attorneys provide the full range of employment and labor law services to California employers, including:

• Employer Compliance
• Employment Law Counseling
• Training & Seminars
• Education Programs
• Internal Investigations
• Workplace Privacy
• Healthcare Work Injury & Employee Safety
• Employment Defense
• Consulting Businesses on Best Practices for Employee and Human Resource Issues.

Contact Our Experienced Labor and Employment Attorneys Today

If you are a California employer in need of labor and employment-specific legal assistance, Smith Dollar PC can help. Contact our experienced California labor and employment attorneys today to discuss your business needs and how we can assist you. Call us at (707) 405-7391