Employment

Attorneys in Woolf McClane’s employment group have considerable experience in advising clients on all types of personnel matters and litigating various employment disputes.

Attorneys practicing in this area provide representation to employers in all areas of labor and employment law. The firm represents clients in proceedings before administrative agencies such as the EEOC, the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, the Department of Labor and TOSHA, as well as in state and federal trial and appellate courts. This representation extends to all types of discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, breach of contract, restrictive covenants, wage and hour, trade secret and employment tort suits.

In addition to our employment litigation practice, Woolf McClane attorneys devote a substantial amount of time to the representation of clients in employment practices. Representation in the employment practices context focuses on preventing employment problems and avoiding future litigation. This representation includes advising clients concerning the preparation of employment policies, preparing and revising employee and personnel handbooks, employment agreements, covenants not to compete and other restrictive covenants. Employment practices also involves advising clients in all types of personnel matters including, but not limited to, hiring, firing, employee discipline, wage and hour issues, employee health and safety, and interpreting restrictive covenants and other employment contracts.