Preventative Counseling and Advice
Timely and practical legal advice and counseling can be a critical toward assisting our clients avoid the fees, costs and business disruptions associated with litigation. The litigation avoidance process may include a comprehensive review and assessment of our clients' existing policies and procedures for purposes of identifying areas that may create exposure to potential lawsuits. Once those areas have been identified, we can provide our clients with comprehensive or targeted legal advice and counseling regarding how to properly address those areas to reduce the risk of exposure. Often times, obtaining timely and practical legal advice for employment disputes and personnel issues before they escalate to a formal charge or complaint can result in thousands of dollars of savings in the future by avoiding costly lawsuits and the disruption to the workplace. Our goal is to provide cost effective solutions and best practice recommendations to our clients so that they can continue to do what they do best — run their businesses — without the disruption and cost of litigation.
Litigation
Despite an employer's best efforts, at times, litigation cannot be avoided. If and when a lawsuit is filed, our legal team will vigorously represent our client's interests. Our philosophy is to be zealous yet practical advocates who will prepare to take a case to trial if necessary. Our legal team has 25 combined years of litigation experience specializing in employment law and business litigation. We have represented employers ranging from Fortune 500 companies, small and mid-sized businesses, public entities, and individuals. Our practice includes litigation of state and federal cases involving claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, defamation, negligent hiring, training and supervision, wrongful termination, breach of contract, employment-related torts, wage and hour matters, class actions, Title III of the ADA violations, workplace violence, personal injury and premises liability. We focus on what we do best — litigation of employment law and business disputes — with a commitment to excellence and cost effective representation that only a specialized law firm can provide.
Sexual Harassment Training (AB 1825)
Employment Training Group, a division of Park Fryar LLP, provides a 2 hour training program that complies with the California sexual harassment prevention training law, AB 1825. California law requires that employers with 50 or more employees provide at least 2 hours of classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment to all supervisory employees. We highly recommend that employers provide sexual harassment training to all supervisors and employees in order to comply with California's requirement that employers take all reasonable measures to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.
Employment Training Group offers live, highly interactive on-site training programs for supervisors and employees on all types of employment-related topics. Employment Training Group offers the following customized training programs for supervisors and employees:
- Sexual Harassment Prevention for Supervisors (AB 1825)
- Discrimination and Harassment Prevention for Employees
- Workplace Diversity
Employment Training Group provides on-site training to maximize convenience and effective learning for supervisors and employees. Training for supervisors and employees can also be conducted at our office.
Depending on the number of supervisors and employees being trained, Employment Training Group can provide you with a customized training program that fits the needs and budget of your company or organization.
Workplace Investigations
When complaints of discrimination, harassment or retaliation arise in the workplace, employers must initiate a prompt and thorough investigation in an effort to address and eliminate any actual or perceived problems. Often times, it may not be advisable for employers to carry out their own internal investigation in order to better ensure that the investigation is conducted in a prompt, effective, and objective manner. In such cases, we can provide clients with external investigative services. A timely and comprehensive investigation will allow the client to obtain, preserve and evaluate evidence based upon information acquired and assessed by our independent investigator. Use of an impartial investigator may help to neutralize potential claims of bias by the client in carrying out the investigation. Additionally, if the internal complaint or dispute escalates and results in litigation, the existence of a prompt and thorough investigation can serve as a crucial defense that could significantly diminish potential exposure for the client.
