Axley attorneys represent employers before federal, state and local employment agencies, as well as in the state and federal court systems. Our labor and employment litigators appear regularly before state and federal agencies, and represent employers in a variety of proceedings, including:

• Discrimination proceedings before the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Wisconsin Equal Rights Division and the Madison Equal Opportunities Commission
• Grievance arbitration proceedings before arbitrators
• Interest arbitration proceedings
• Proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board
• Prohibited practice claims before the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
• Unemployment compensation hearings
• Union certification and decertification proceedings
• Worker's compensation hearings

Labor and employment litigators regularly represent employers in state and federal courts on all types of employment claims, including the following:

• Claims involving covenants not to compete
• Constitutional claims
• Discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims
• Employee handbook claims
• Employment contract claims
• Fair Labor Standards Act claims, including wage and hour and FMLA claims
• Intellectual property claims, including trademark and trade name claims
• Invasion of privacy, defamation and tortious interference with contract claims
• Wrongful termination claims