Practice Areas

Employment Law

Haskell Davies Dunn, PC represents public and private employers on day-to-day personnel issues including answering questions, responding to employee complaints and helping prepare preventative policies and agreements. Our firm defends employers against employee complaints whether they are brought informally or filed with the court or an administrative agency. 

• Hiring – including employment contracts and helping to prevent against future competition by the employee and preservation of trade secrets
• Discipline up to and including termination – including payment of final wages, avoidance of litigation
• Personnel records – proper maintenance and retention, dealing with employee requests
• Drug and alcohol use, polices and employee theft
• Other personnel policies and workplace rules including verification of sickness, leaves of absence
• Federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Oregon Family Medical Leave Act (OFLA)
• Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) compliance and questions, including hours worked and overtime

• Representation in court and before state administrative agencies in areas including:
• Breach of non-competition agreements, duty of loyalty and misappropriation of trade secrets
• Accusations of non-payment or late payment of wages, overtime or other compensation issues
• Accusations of discrimination including disability, age, race and sex
• Accusations of harassment or retaliation
• Wrongful termination

• Creation or review of handbooks and policies including vacation, outside work and sick leave
• Advice and collaboration on personnel policies and management philosophy
• Non-competition, confidentiality and severance agreements
• Independent contractor agreements

• Complying with duty to investigate and curb workplace harassment or discrimination
• Wrongful termination
• Whistleblower claims