Labor & Employment

CCM’s attorneys provide our clients with risk-avoidance strategies in the continually evolving landscape of labor and employment law. And they resolve workplace disputes with pragmatic, results-oriented objectives. We advise employers and individual clients on all legal matters affecting the employment relationship, including:

• Employment, severance, and non-competition agreements
• Trade secrets audit, compliance, and protection
• Administrative agency claims before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Illinois Department of Human Rights
• Training to prevent workplace harassment, discrimination, and retaliation
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Fair Labor Standards Act, including wage-and-hour regulatory compliance and defense of class and collective actions
• Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Personnel policies and employee handbooks
• Independent contractors and misclassification claims
• Executive compensation, including equity incentive plans
• Immigration
• Internal investigations and whistleblower claims