Business Law - Employment Law

Duffy & Sweeney advises employers on all aspects of employment law, including compliance issues and helping clients to conform their workplace to good corporate practices and current law. Duffy & Sweeney's wide breadth of experience includes advising clients on the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the WARN Act, which regulates plant closings and mass layoffs. Duffy & Sweeney is routinely retained by companies involved in telecommunications, computer software and hardware, domestic and international manufacturing, banks and real estate development companies to draft employment, consulting and severance agreements, to enforce non-competition agreements and restrictive covenants, structure the employment aspects of transactions, investigate harassment and sexual harassment charges against employees, and develop procedures for hiring and terminating employees. Duffy & Sweeney attorneys have extensive experience in the following employment areas:

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Developing Procedures for Hiring and Terminating Employees
• Employment, Consulting and Severance Agreements
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Investigation of Harassment and Whistle Blower Charges
• WARN Act