Practice Contact(s)
- Richard (Dick) F. Kane
(Charlotte) - Karin M. McGinnis
(Charlotte) - Bruce E. Miller
(Charleston) - Paul J. Peralta
(Charlotte) - John A. Zaloom
(Research Triangle)
Practice Group
- Employment & Labor
- Employment & Noncompetition Agreements & Trade Secrets Protection
- Employment Discrimination & Retaliation Law
- FMLA, ADA, & Employee Leave
- General Workplace Issues
- Government Contractors/ Affirmative Action
- Labor Relations
- Layoffs, Terminations, & Reductions in Force
- Sarbanes-Oxley, Whistleblower, & Internal Investigations
- Wage & Hour Compliance & Litigation
- Workers Compensation & Workplace Safety
General Workplace Issues
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Moore & Van Allen’s Employment and Labor Attorneys have extensive experience advising clients with regard to issues and claims concerning employee handbooks and reviews, employment policies and procedures, hiring and termination techniques, employee discipline, audits, drug and alcohol testing, and other employment-related issues daily facing employers.
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- Workplace Violence Prevention Act
An employee receives an actual threat of workplace violence—what do you do? Effective December 1, 2004, North Carolina employers have another tool to help prevent workplace violence. The recently enacted Workplace Violence Prevention Act allows employers to seek a civil no-contact order on behalf of an employee who has been threatened with or actually suffered physical harm as a result of an individual’s action.
- Fair Credit Reporting Act and Third Party Investigations
An employee commits an alleged act of misconduct. You, the employer, decide to have an outside firm investigate. The investigation should be conducted in accordance with the safe harbor provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to avoid the advance consent and disclosure requirements of FCRA.