VLP’s employment practice offers comprehensive advice and services across a broad range of employment law matters.

• Advising on employment law and HR issues facing startups, entrepreneurs, and growing businesses.
• Representing employers in employment discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination claims.
• Advising employers on wage and hour compliance.
• Representing and advising employers on trade secret theft matters.
• Advising employers on independent contractor agreements and compliance with classification requirements.
• Advising employers on state and federal disability laws and reasonable accommodation obligations.
• Advising employers on FMLA leave and other legally protected leaves of absence.
• Advising employers on employee disciplinary issues, terminations, and layoffs including WARN Act requirements.

Offering employment law training, including “Managing within the Law,” “Preventing Workplace Harassment,” and “Understanding the ADA”.

VLP’s employment attorneys conduct workplace investigations.

• Mediating workplace disputes.
• Drafting and negotiating various employment contracts, including confidentiality, invention assignment, retention, and severance agreements.
• Representing executives in employment contract and severance negotiations.