Employment Law

We represent employers before federal and state judges, juries, and agencies throughout Oklahoma and the Southwest in every type of labor and employment dispute including the following:

• Discrimination and harassment claims
• Lawsuits alleging wrongful termination, retaliatory discharge, defamation, breach of contract and violations of plant closing laws
• Investigations before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state and local EEO agencies
• Wage and hour litigation and agency investigations

CGM attorneys regularly advise clients how to minimize legal risks in supervising, evaluating, investigating and terminating employees, implementing reductions in force, and creating and applying personnel policies, and drafting and enforcing separation agreements and non-competition agreements. We counsel management on how to achieve business goals while complying with federal, state, and local labor laws and regulations such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, wage and hour laws, and affirmative action obligations. We also provide practical management training on issues such as sexual harassment, documenting employee performance, and accommodating disabled workers.