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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

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