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Employment Contracts

If you have been asked to sign an employment agreement upon the start of a new position, it is critical that you carefully consider the terms and understand what you are agreeing to.

While some employees are lucky enough to demand employment contracts which protect their interests and include employee-friendly terms, others might find themselves being asked to sign a one-sided, employer-friendly contract and they may not even know it.

Case + Sedey, LLC is prepared to review your employment agreement before you accept the position or sign the document and help you determine whether there are terms which might jeopardize your interests as well as whether there are any opportunities to negotiate for better compensation and/or more balanced or protective terms.

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Happy New Year!  All of us at at the Firm took a couple of weeks off to enjoy our families and the holiday season.   We hope you did as well.

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Posted: July 24, 2018

The recent arbitration decision could backfire on employers.

The Supreme Court really stuck it to employees in their recent Epic Systems decision.  We’ve written about arbitration provisions in general here and why they can be bad for employees.   As if giving up your right to a jury trial wasn’t bad enough, arbitration agreements also sometimes contain class action waivers.  Employers …

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Practice Areas

  • Workplace Discrimination
    • Employment Discrimination
    • Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence
    • Pregnancy Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate
    • Disability Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate
    • Family Medical Leave Act Discrimination
    • Retaliation
  • Employment Law
    • Wrongful Termination
    • Retaliatory Discharge and Whistleblower Claims
    • Unpaid Wages, Earned Bonuses and other Compensation
    • Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA
    • Workplace Defamation, Libel, Slander and Invasion of Privacy
    • Employer Interference, Fraud and Misrepresentation
    • Personnel Records Correction
    • Employee Defense and Workplace Investigations
    • Neutral Third Party Investigations
    • Small Business Training, Consulting and Employee Handbooks
  • Executive Counseling
    • Employment Contracts
    • Non-Compete Agreements and Restrictive Covenants
    • Severance Agreements
    • Executive Compensation
    • Expat Agreements
    • Independent Contractors

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