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Employment Lawyers Near You

If you’re concerned about any kind of issue with employment law, it pays to be safe and talk with one of our employment lawyers near you in Southeastern PA.

The employment law attorneys in our Doylestown and Norristown law offices provide businesses and nonprofit organizations with representation for any number of employment law issues. We tackle cases in Bucks County, Montgomery County, Delaware County, Philadelphia and Chester County.

Our employment lawyers deal with workplace issues, while looking to minimize the risk of employee lawsuits for our clients. Those issues could relate to company policies, employment discrimination, restrictive covenants, wages or other workplace concerns.

Our goal is to provide employers with a productive and positive workplace environment. That requires attention to large scale drafting of policies and procedures as well as handling potential labor law problems.

Dependable Guidance on Employment Law

Our employment law firm counsels clients in the following areas:

  • Drafting and developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies
  • Training on job interview practices
  • Advising on privacy issues, such as drug and alcohol testing
  • Advising on compliance with employment discrimination laws,
  • Advising on laws relating to race, gender and age discrimination
  • Advising on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • Drafting work and advice on Affirmative Action Plans
  • Advising on wage and hour law compliance

Our employment lawyers also handle individual employment law concerns for employers in the following areas:

  • Drafting, negotiating and reviewing employment contracts
  • Drafting, negotiating and reviewing severance agreements
  • Drafting, negotiating and reviewing covenants not to compete, non-solicitation agreements and confidentiality agreements
  • Advising on employee discipline issues
  • Advising on the decision to discharge employees and the process for discharging employees
  • Drafting and revision of discipline, discharge and dismissal policies

Our employment lawyers have answers

Our legal firm has also developed strong legal services in matters involving the responsibilities and rights of departing employees. This practice includes both counseling and litigation regarding employee mobility, restrictive covenants and trade secrets

If you have concerns about issues relating to employment law, talk with one of our employment lawyers near you in our Doylestown or Norristown law offices. We can help allay your concerns and avoid potential issues

Legal Services at Our Employment Law Firm

We have considerable depth with employment law issues at our local employment law firm. Here are just some of the areas where we can help:

  • Family Medial Leave Act (FMLA)
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  • Executive Contracts
  • Restrictive covenants
  • Affirmative Action Plans
  • Employee Privacy
  • Severance & Termination

You can also depend on our local law firm for a host of other issues you might face as a business owner … business law, workers’ comp, IP, and many others.

Employment Lawyers at Our Local Law Firm

Thomas D. Rees

Thomas D. Rees
Thomas D. Rees heads the firm’s Litigation, Employment Law and Education Law Practices. He focuses his practice primarily on employment and labor law and private education law.

Joel D. Rosen

Joel D. Rosen
High Swartz Managing Partner Joel D. Rosen’s areas of practice include franchise law, business and commercial law, employment law, trademark/copyright law and commercial leasing.

James B. Shrimp

James B. Shrimp
James B. Shrimp concentrates his practice in the representation of employers in discrimination cases brought in federal court and state court, and at the administrative level.

Stephen M. Zaffuto

Stephen M. Zaffuto
Stephen Zaffuto concentrates his practice on real estate law, environmental law, and business and commercial law. He has successfully represented clients in tax assessment and exemption appeals for commercial and residential properties.

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