Employment and Labor Relations
Chambers USA 2010 Ranked in Band 2 in Labor & Employment - Iowa.
Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. works with clients on all aspects of the employment relationship. The department's principal focus is to assist our employer clients in avoiding costly and time-consuming litigation. To accomplish that goal, clients are advised on methods of avoiding litigation, including employee training, policy development and prompt investigations of complaints. Department members also assist clients in the early stages of the employer's internal investigation and work with them to resolve the issues in the most efficient manner possible.
If a matter proceeds to litigation, department members have extensive experience in litigating matters before various administrative agencies, as well as litigating matters in state and federal trial and appellate courts.
The Davis Brown Law Firm counsels our employer clients on the design of employment forms, the development of employee policies, manuals and management handbooks, providing guidance on interview techniques, compensation systems and promotion policies. Our attorneys are also experienced in handling wage and hour claims, equal pay claims, wrongful termination claims, unemployment compensation claims, and discrimination suits.
Employment Law for startups and entrepreneurs
In most startups, their most valuable asset is their workforce. The firm provides a number of services through the Start-Up Launchpad website including,
- Interview checklists;
- Employee offer letters;
- Employment agreements;
- Confidentiality and invention assignment agreements;
- Employee manuals;
- Equity plans;
- Stock option agreements;
- Restricted stock agreements; Employee benefits;
- and Immigration services.
Counsel for union or non-union workplaces
The firm counsels clients whether they have a union or non-union workplace. For our non-union clients, in addition to our standard employment advice, we are able to provide assistance in handling any union organizing efforts, including advice on training managers as well as resolving issues before the National Labor Relations or Iowa Public Employer Relations Board.
For our union clients, we assist in handling grievance arbitrations, unfair labor practices and participate in drafting and negotiating collective bargaining agreements.
Firm attorneys represent clients before the EEOC, Iowa Civil Rights Commission, National Labor Relations Board, Iowa Public Employment Relations Board, Iowa Department of Workforce Development (unemployment, labor, workers' compensation matters), and local human rights commissions, as well as federal and state trial and appellate courts.
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