Labor & Employment

From conference rooms to courtrooms, OKH&C is experienced to counsel their corporate clients through the challenging day-to-day decisions involving policy making, discipline and even termination of their employees.  From drafting employee handbooks and policy and procedure guides to counseling clients through careful employment decisions, OKH&C puts its experience to work to avoid costly litigation when possible.   However, we are mindful that employers cannot be insulated from the filing of EEOC charges, DOL investigations, and the like – particularly in these difficult economic times.  Therefore, OKH&C attorneys are prepared to respond to the EEOC, the Tennessee Department of Labor, and other administrative agencies and to further litigate matters in all state and federal courts and arbitrarial forums.

OKH&C's Labor and Employment attorneys have successfully litigated race, gender, disability, and religious discrimination claims; multi-party sexual harassment claims, as well as complex collective and class action matters involving the Fair Labor Standards Act, and other wage and hour labor disputes.

Representative clients in the area of Labor and Employment include Cumberland Corral, LLC (Golden Corral), Tri-Star Energy, Kimbro Oil Co., ASMBA, restaurant and grocery franchises, medical facilities, and various governmental agencies.