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When legal uncertainty leaves you feeling powerless, Blades Law provides strategic clarity to resolve disputes effectively and efficiently.
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For Employees.
Blades Law guides professionals facing legal challenges in their workplace.
Wrongful Termination and Workplace Disputes
Retaliation. You are protected from retaliation after:
- Reporting illegal conduct, discrimination, or sexual harassment
- Disclosing a disability
- Requesting an accommodation for a disability
- Requesting or taking a state or federally protected leave related to a disability, to care for a sick family member, or after the addition of a new child to your family
- Suffering a workplace injury
- Taking state and federally protected rest and meal breaks, as well as breaks to express milk following the birth of a child
Discrimination based on a protected status. Your employer cannot treat you differently than similarly-situated peers on the basis of your race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, disability, public assistance status, age, sexual orientation, familial status, or gender identity.
Discrimination based on a state or federally protected leave. If you are entitled to take leave related to a workplace injury, a disability, to care for a sick family, or after adding a child to your family, your employer cannot treat you differently than similarly-situated peers who did not need leave.
Hostile Work Environment. You employer and colleagues cannot subject you to intolerable workplace conditions on the basis of your race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, disability, public assistance status, age, sexual orientation, familial status, or gender identity.
Failure to Accommodate. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, your employer must engage in an interactive process to determine whether your disability can be accommodated.
Wage Theft. Your employer must pay you at least minimum wage for all hours worked and 1.5 times your usual wage for all hours worked above and beyond 40 hours in a single week. Your employer must also pay you if you work through rest or meal breaks.
Separation and Severance Negotiations
The end of employment can be a stressful and complex transition. Blades Law is here to provide clarity, support, and strategic advocacy, giving you the confidence you need to take the next step.
Blades Law can negotiate directly with your employer on your behalf or guide you from behind the scenes.
We will review all of your employment documents to ensure you understand your obligations and restrictions and help you negotiate your best outcome.
Guidance Through Employment Requests and Reporting
It can be intimidating to request an accommodation for a disability or a leave of absence related to a disability, the care of a sick family member, or the addition of a new child to your family. Blades Law will help you craft clear, legally sound requests to your employer for accommodations or leave, increasing the likelihood of approval and ensuring your rights are protected.
Similarly, it can be intimidating to report sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, or other illegal conduct—whether directed toward you or a colleague. Blades Law can work with you to ensure that your report is communicated clearly and decrease the likelihood of employers taking retaliatory action following these reports.
Blades Law will work with you behind the scenes to help you through the process of making a request for accommodation or leave or through reporting illegal conduct, unless direct legal intervention is necessary to protect your interests.
For Employers.
Regular Employment Advice
Employers with 50-200 employees often need ongoing legal guidance but usually do not have the benefit of in-house legal counsel.
You are likely facing regular questions related to accommodations, leaves, discipline, and termination.
Blades Law serves as your fractional in-house employment counsel, ensuring confident and compliant decision-making.
Employment Materials
Even with a single employee, having a handbook and an employment agreement is best practice. These documents require you to have employment policies and procedures that are in line with both your culture and the law.
Drafting these materials without the help of an experienced employment attorney can be overwhelming and leave you questioning whether your company is compliant.
If you are hiring your first employee or need a revamp of your handbook, policies or procedures, job descriptions, or employment agreements, Blades Law offers tailored legal guidance to ensure compliance and clarity. We can either create these materials for you from scratch or work with you to update materials you already use.
For Business Owners.
Business Divorces
Business ownership starts as a dream, but disputes between owners can quickly turn it into a nightmare.
Blades Law helps business owners strategically navigate disputes involving:
- Buyout
- Deadlock
- Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- Squeeze out or Freeze out
We provide strategic, aggressive representation to protect the value of your investment, your ownership rights, and help you to achieve the best possible outcome.
Contract Disputes
Whether your business is enforcing a contract or defending against a claim of breach, Blades Law provides strategic legal representation aimed at achieving your desired outcome.
If your business is accused of breaching a contract, Blades Law works to minimize liability, negotiate favorable settlements, or aggressively defend your position in Court.
When another party fails to uphold their end of an agreement, we help you enforce your contracts and recover your financial losses.