Employment Law
The San Mateo employment law attorneys at Shjeflo, Riley & Cruz LLP represent California employers and employees in all aspects of employment law, including advice and counseling services, litigation prevention, employment contracts and related issues, and litigation.
Advice and counseling
Shjeflo, Riley & Cruz LLP provides employers with advice and counseling services, including litigation prevention, on a wide array of state and federal employment issues. In addition, our employment litigation lawyers also counsel employers on issues including:
- Employer-employee relations
- Employee handbooks/personnel policies
- Medical leave/sick days
- Vacation policies
- Employment applications
- Hiring decisions
- Employment agreements
- Reassignments
- Defamation
- Collateral issues related to employee benefits, including COBRA
- Terminations/layoffs
- Performance problems/progressive discipline policies
- Accommodations/interactive process for disabled employees
- Investigation of employee complaints of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation
- Privacy
- Non-compete agreements related to trade secrets and intellectual property
Litigation
Shjeflo, Riley & Cruz LLP handles a wide variety of state and federal employment litigation, including appeals, and has experience litigating claims involving:
- Wrongful termination
- Employment discrimination
- Harassment/hostile work environment
- Retaliation
- California Fair Housing and Employment Act (FEHA)
- Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
- Meal and rest breaks
- Title VII
- Wage and hour
- Overtime pay
- Exemptions/misclassification of nonexempt employees
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- California Family Rights Act (CFRA)
- California Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL)
- Meyers-Milias-Brown Act
- Memoranda of understanding (MOUs)
In addition to handling trials and appeals, our San Mateo attorneys also advise and represent employers and employees in connection with alternative dispute resolution proceedings, including mediations and arbitrations.