At Barkan Meizlish, LLP, our team of Columbus employment lawyers is prepared to assist you with any employment law issue that you may experience.
Lawyers with our firm have practiced as employee rights attorneys in Columbus, Ohio for more than 60 years. We have built a national practice based on protecting workers in all industries while devoting special attention to enforcing the rights of unionized laborers.
We make every effort to ensure employees understand their rights to demand fair pay, receive contracted and bargained benefits, and have the freedom to find work and go about their business free from harassment and discrimination. Our Columbus based employment lawyers are happy to consult and negotiate with employers to prevent problems before they occur, but we are also not shy about taking managers and business owners to court.
As employment lawyer in Columbus, Ohio, we make state and federal laws work for our clients.
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act guarantees a minimum wage and overtime eligibility for hourly workers, even those who accept tips. Our employment attorneys have a strong track record of securing unpaid wages for our clients.
Employers can consider laws like the Family and Medical Leave Act or Ohio’s statute on prevailing wages for construction tradespeople easy to work around. Our Columbus employment law attorneys hold businesses and corporation to their legal obligations. Our employment contract lawyers can also help enforce contract terms like severance.
Sexual harassment, from inappropriate and unwelcome comments on one’s appearance to actual assault, is illegal. Even when the harassment does not constitute a physical threat, the mental and emotional toll can make continuing with or advancing in a job impossible.
Similarly, bullying for any reason cannot be allowed. We take it as part of our mission as caring Columbus employment lawyers to hold managers and supervisors accountable for perpetrating or allowing unsafe and distressing activities in the workplace.
Several federal and state laws prohibit discrimination based on a person’s race, religion, sex, gender, national origin, military service, disability or pregnancy. Employers can not mistreat, refuse to hire, deny equal pay and benefits to, or fire a person based on the listed characteristics. When discrimination occurs in the workplace, a Barkan Meizlish employee rights attorney in Columbus, Ohio will stand up for the victim.
The ADA requires employers to consider making reasonable accommodations for job applicants and employees. What an employer considers reasonable often differs radically from what a person with a permanent or temporary disability would expect. Our Columbus employment lawyer fights for full access to jobs and the workplace.
Each law that bans employment discrimination, regulates workplace safety, and prohibits harassment confers on employees the rights to demand fair, safe, and equitable treatment. Employees also retain their rights to free speech, religion and unionization. An Employer who demotes, defames, harasses, bullies, or fires a worker for exercising his or her rights can be made to pay back wages with interest, reinstate the illegally treated person, and pay several types of monetary damages.
Corporations often try to limit employees’ ability to take better positions by including NCAs and NDAs in employment contracts. The clauses threaten harsh financial penalties. Few of these restrictions on employee mobility hold up in arbitration, however.
No matter what your employment law problem is, an employment attorney in the Columbus, Ohio, offices of Barkan Meizlish DeRose Wentz Mclnerney Peifer, LLP, can probably offer valuable advice and representation. To schedule a FREE CONSULTATION, call us at (614) 221-4221 or connect with us online. We also welcome question via email to info@barkanmeizlish.com.
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250 E. Broad Street, 10th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 221-4221