Practice Areas

Employment Law

Employment law concerns the law of employer/employee relationships. Every employee has certain rights by law including the right to work free of discrimination or the right to work free of harassment on the basis of age, race, national origin, or handicap. If an employee contract exists between the employee and the employer, the employee has the right to not have that contract breached.

If an employee is not under contract, that employee will be considered to be "at will." This means that an employer can fire an employee at will for any non-discriminatory reason at any time. Some exceptions to the "at will" employee are: breach of implied contracts on the basis of employee handbooks and public policy exceptions.

An employee handbook is used to communicate an employers policies and procedures in the work place. Every employer should create an employee handbook that lays out the policies of the employment.

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