Legal Services

• All types of employment discrimination and harassment issues
• Drafting and reviewing personnel policies, including employee handbooks
• Drafting and reviewing employment contracts
• Employee termination practices, including discipline and documentation issues
• Employee benefits and compensation issues
• Employment-at-will doctrine
• Employment Practices Liability (EPL) defense
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges and investigations
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) compliance
• Hiring and selection practices
• Independent contractor issues
• Labor relations and collective bargaining issues
• Layoffs and plant closings
• Negligent hiring and retention claims
• Non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements
• Public sector employment issues
• Retaliation claims
• Separation/severance agreements
• Sexual harassment issues, including internal investigations, policies and training
• Unemployment claims
• Wage and Hour issues, including Department of Labor investigations and proceedings
• Workplace privacy issues
• Workplace violence issues
• Wrongful discharge claims

Attorneys

• James W. Williams
• Jacqueline D. Grant
• Kenneth R. Hunt
• Kevin P. Kopp

Representative Clients

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College | The Biltmore Company, including Biltmore Estate Winery and Inn on Biltmore Estate | Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc. | Buncombe County Board of Education | CarePartners | Carolina Day School | Christ School | Manual Woodworkers & Weavers, Inc. | Mission Hospitals | NEO Corporation | Q-Matic Corporation | Warren Wilson College