Employment Law
The Employment Practices Group at Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP provides training, counseling, investigative and a full range of litigation/trial services to a large number of private and public employers. Our clients include many of North Carolina’s towns, cities, counties, housing authorities, public and private schools, as well as a wide range of private employers from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.
Training, counseling, investigative and related services. The members of our Employment Practices Group have extensive experience conducting seminars and training sessions for employers on how to prevent and handle employment claims before a lawsuit or formal complaint is filed, as well as regarding a wide range of employment topics including harassment (sexual and other); workplace violence; abuse; retaliation claims; disability matters; and other employment-related topics. We assist clients during the investigative stage of employment claims, both with internal investigations and investigations from administrative agencies. In addition, our group has extensive experience in reviewing and drafting personnel manuals and other employment policies and procedures, including employment contracts and severance agreements. Several members of our group are Superior Court DRC certified mediators and regularly serve as mediators in employment-related matters.
Litigation and Related Services
Our Employment Practices Group regularly handles employment-related actions in both federal and state courts related to:
- Discrimination
- Harassment
- Wage and hour violations
- Employee benefits (ERISA litigation)
- Covenants not to compete
- Other employment-related sex-abuse actions
We also handle administrative hearings before various agencies including:
- The EEOC
- The U.S. and North Carolina Departments of Labor
- Local Human Relations Commissions
- The Office of Administrative Hearings
- The State Personnel Commission
- School Boards
Our group handles constitutional claims such as:
- Free speech
- Due process
- Equal protection
- Public accommodation
- Other discrimination issues
Our Employment Practices Group also handles workplace violence claims and abuse claims; defending employers: who have fired violent employees, who are faced with exposure for an employee’s violent behavior, or who are faced with exposure for an employee’s abuse (sex or otherwise) of others.
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Attorneys in this area:
Norwood P. Blanchard, III Ryan D. Bolick Melody Canady M. Robin Davis Rachel Esposito Ann S. Estridge Patrick H. Flanagan Katie Weaver Hartzog Dan M. Hartzog, Jr. Patricia L. Holland Section Leader Paul S. Holscher Bradley P. Kline Meghan N. Knight Alycia S. Levy M. Janelle Lyons Donna R. Rascoe Allison E. Serafin Victoria Street Tolbert
Articles of Interest:
- The Violent Workplace: Liability and Prevention - June '07, by M. Robin Davis & Robert B. Jones, Jr.
- North Carolina Minimum Wage Increase - Jan '07, by Paul Holscher & Norwood P. Blanchard, III
- E-Mail, Voicemail, and the Internet: Employer Liability for Employees' Acts, Fall '06, by Patricia L. Holland
- When Johnny Comes Marching Back to Work - June '06, by Patricia L. Holland & Robert B. Jones, Jr.
- Love is in the Air -- Dealing with Workplace Romance When Cupid's Arrow Strikes - May '06, by Patricia L. Holland
- The Definitive Word: The Latest Decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court on Employment and Labor Issues, '06, by Rachel Esposito
- Consumer-Credit Law Applies to Employers - June '05, by M. Robin Davis & Alycia S. Levy
- The Fair Credit Reporting Act - March '05, by M. Robin Davis & Alycia S. Levy
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