At Hoagland Longo, we understand that a safe and efficient workplace is essential for attracting, maintaining, and successfully managing employees. Achieving a hostile-free and productive work environment requires not only successful courtroom litigation but also the application of legal experience and skill in developing preventative measures to effectively head-off potential problems that can lead to litigation.
Comprehensive Legal Support for Employment Decisions
Our responsibility is to ensure our clients make the best employment decisions possible. To achieve this goal, our Labor and Employment Law Department provides a comprehensive, "wraparound" approach to delivering effective, trustworthy legal services. We have earned a reputation for success within various courts and among many municipal branches of government, private businesses, and the insurance communities we serve. Our commitment to excellence, both in and outside the courtroom, has yielded successful results for our clients within the courts of the United States, New Jersey State Courts, New Jersey Administrative Courts, and New Jersey State Agencies.
Beyond Courtroom Litigation
While necessary, courtroom litigation represents only a small part of the legal services that clients should expect from their attorneys. We recognize that to accommodate an employer's personnel interests, all aspects of the employer/employee relationship must be addressed. Our unique, wraparound approach is highly effective in achieving this.
Our Practice Areas
Our legally comprehensive approach to the strategic objectives of our clients encompasses, but is not limited to:
- Employee Hiring, Firing, and Discipline: Effective strategies for managing the entire employee lifecycle.
- Policies and Procedures: Best practices for disseminating and implementing workplace policies and procedures.
- Employer Insurance Coverage: Identification and evaluation of employer insurance coverages.
- Employment Agreements: Drafting and reviewing employment agreements.
- Workplace Harassment: Addressing issues of harassment in the workplace.
- Workplace Discrimination: Addressing issues of discrimination in the workplace.
- Workplace Retaliation: Addressing issues of retaliation in the workplace.
- Training Programs: Providing anti-discrimination and anti-harassment training.
- Wage and Hour Issues: Addressing compliance with wage and hour laws.
- Whistleblower Claims: Handling whistleblower claims and protections.
- Restrictive Covenant Agreements: Drafting and enforcing restrictive covenant agreements.
- Bargaining Obligations: Managing collective bargaining and union negotiations.
- Employee Complaint Investigations: Conducting thorough and impartial investigations into employee complaints.
- Disability Rights and Accommodations: Understanding the legal rights of disabled employees under the ADA and NJ LAD, and managing accommodation requests.
- Defamation: Addressing defamation of character claims in the workplace.
- Family and Medical Leave: Proper implementation and use of family and medical leave policies.
Why Choose Hoagland Longo?
- Extensive Experience: Decades of expertise in labor and employment law.
- Tailored Solutions: Customized strategies to meet the specific needs of each client.
- Industry Insight: Deep understanding of the labor and employment landscape and regulatory environment.
- Commitment to Excellence: Dedicated to providing superior legal support and achieving favorable outcomes.