Minneapolis Employment Law
Representing Employees in Employment Law Matters
A positive employment situation is central to the daily life, happiness, and well being of all working persons. With any employment issue facing an individual, the effects of uninformed decision-making can be lasting and sometimes devastating on the impacted individual and his or her family. The most difficult circumstances may include litigation by an employer against its former employee and/or extended unemployment for the individual following a job termination. When employment difficulties and uncertainties arise, individuals often become overwhelmed with many important decisions that they typically are not well equipped or trained to handle especially with the emotional trauma that may come with losing a job. Yet, the decisions that individuals need to make impact one of the most important facets of their lives – their employment.
Hellmuth & Johnson's employment law attorneys, who over their collective years of experience have represented and advised both employers and employees regarding a wide array of employment law issues and disputes, are uniquely suited to help individuals navigate through such unchartered waters and aid them in making sound and intelligent decisions. Our experience advising employers and defending employment law claims makes us better evaluators of potential claims that individuals may have when their employers fail to abide by the law. Certainly no individual untrained in the law should face difficult employment related decisions alone without the benefit of guidance from a skilled and qualified professional.
Hellmuth & Johnson's employment law lawyers are ready to provide advice and counseling to individuals regarding a variety of employment law topics. Areas of expertise for individuals seeking employment law assistance includes alcohol and drug testing; arbitration; charges before the Minnesota Department of Human Rights ("MDHR") or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"); COBRA health insurance coverage issues; commission and other pay disputes; consulting agreements; disability; discrimination, including age, disability, gender, pregnancy, race, and sex discrimination claims among others; Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"); employment agreements and contracts; Equal Pay Act; ERISA litigation; hiring; independent contractor agreements; invention assignment agreements; layoffs and workforce reductions; non-competition and non-solicitation agreements; retaliation and reprisal litigation; separation agreements and termination counseling; sexual harassment litigation; trade secrets; unemployment compensation; wage and hour issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FMLA"); and whistleblower counseling among many other substantive areas.
In providing employment advice, our focus is first and foremost on helping individuals assess their best options for resolving difficult and challenging issues while balancing that need against the cost of legal services and the emotional challenges that distracting and lengthy employment disputes often foster for employer and employee alike. While litigation may be an option, it is not always the right option. When it is, we say so. When it is not, we help individuals reach resolutions that are workable and that allow them to move forward with their lives with the certainty and finality of resolving a difficult employment problem satisfactorily.
If litigation is required, our highly experienced team of employment law specialists are ready to assist you in achieving a fair, just, and speedy result whether that means an early case resolution through mediation, resisting summary judgment dismissal of your claims, and/or litigating your matter to judgment at trial and preserving the result on appeal. No matter what road our clients' cases follow, our goal is to ensure that each and every client receives the best possible result in the most efficient manner possible at least cost.
If you have an employment issue for which you need guidance and counseling, please consider contacting one of Hellmuth & Johnson's employment lawyers who are ready to assist you.
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