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- [Ben Wyatt named Keene Sentinel 2016 Trendsetter](https://wyattlegalservices.com/ben-wyatt-named-keene-sentinel-2016-trendsetter/) - Ben Wyatt was Selected as a 2016 Trendsetter by the Keene Sentinel Business Monadnock Magazine.
- [Keene Sentinel 2016 People’s Choice Awards](https://wyattlegalservices.com/keene-sentinel-2016-peoples-choice-awards/) - Thank you for voting! Wyatt & Associates was voted “Best Law Firm” and Attorney Wyatt was voted “Best Attorney” in the Keene Sentinel 2016 People’s Choice Awards.
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- [Attorneys & Staff](https://wyattlegalservices.com/about/attorneys-consultants/) - Benjamin J. Wyatt, Esq. he/him/his Founder and managing partner Ben Wyatt assists employers and employees by ensuring compliance with relevant employment-related legal obligations through both wise advice and representation during the litigation process. Ben assists large and small employers with developing practical solutions to the challenges of the modern workplace. He also provides dedicated trial representation
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- [Disability Accommodation & Leaves of Absence](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/disability-accommodation-leaves-of-absence/) - Disability Accommodation & Leaves of Absence Disability law is complex and even careful employers can step on landmines leading to costly and time consuming litigation. Employers that mishandle leaves and disability accommodation requests are left vulnerable to government audits, fines and penalties, as well as civil lawsuits that can result in double or triple back
- [Firm Overview](https://wyattlegalservices.com/about/firm-overview/) - The Law Offices of Wyatt & Associates P.L.L.C. assists employees and employers in strategically navigating their employment challenges and opportunities. As part of our mission of fostering an effective work environment for all, we advise employers on proper employment policies and practices, provide wise real-time human resources support, and represent businesses faced with employment-based disputes.
- [Workplace Trainings](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/workplace-trainings/) - Often an employer’s best defense is to take adequate preventative steps before problems arise. Proper training can help ensure that an organization, its executives, and its supervisors are in compliance with applicable laws and understand the proper way to respond to and address complaints. Workplace training is also an important way for an employer to
- [Union Representation](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employees/union-representation/) - “Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they have brought justice and democracy to the shop floor.” - John F. Kennedy. At the Law Offices of Wyatt & Associates, our labor law attorneys are uniquely familiar with the
- [Disability Accommodations and Leaves of Absence](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employees/disability-accommodations/) - Disability Accommodations “I was fired from my job after I tore my ACL and was unable to lift 50lbs boxes. What are my rights?” Firing or taking other adverse action against an employee because of their disability may be illegal depending on the circumstances. An employee is often considered disabled under the Americans with Disabilities
- [Workplace Training, Business Law, and Real Estate](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/estate-planning-business-law-and-real-estate/) - Workplace Trainings
- [Employer Trainings](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/workplace-trainings/employer-trainings/) - Often an employer’s best defense is to take adequate preventative steps before problems arise. Proper training can help ensure that an organization, its executives, and its supervisors are in compliance with applicable laws and understand the proper way to respond to and address complaints. Workplace training is also an important way for an employer to
- [Practice Areas](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/) - Employer Legal ServicesEmployee Legal ServicesWorkplace Trainings
- [Noncompetition, Severance Agreements & Other Employment Contracts](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employees/noncompetition-severance-agreements-employment-contracts/) - Noncompetition, Severance Agreements & Other Employment Contracts “After I got fired, my employer wanted me to sign an agreement. They offered to give me a few weeks of pay if I signed the agreement, but I’m not sure what I would be giving up by signing it.” Employers have a significant advantage over employees when
- [Retaliation](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employees/retaliation/) - Retaliation “I raised complaints about a supervisor who made derogatory comments about my mental illness. Afterwards, my employer fired me. What can I do?” Employees often realize when they are being treated unfairly at work and raise concerns. Sometimes, employers listen to employee complaints and take active steps to improve the workplace. However, sometimes employers
- [Discrimination](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employees/discrimination/) - Discrimination “My employer fired me because I failed to follow a procedure. Numerous younger employees failed to follow the same procedure and were never reprimanded for it. What can I do?” An employer may not fire an employee for an illegal reason. Discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex,
- [Workplace Harassment](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employees/harassment/) - Workplace Harassment “My supervisor keeps singling me out, making jokes about my age, and asking me when I’m going to retire. How can I make it stop?” Unfortunately, workplace harassment is a fact of many employees’ lives. Sometimes a supervisor or co-worker will single out a specific person and treat them inappropriately based on their
- [Wrongful Termination](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employees/wrongful-termination/) - Wrongful Termination “I raised concerns about how my employer was handling government money. The next week I was fired. What are my rights?” Most states recognize at-will employment as the default. Many employees wrongly believe that this gives employers the right to fire employees at any time and for any reason. In addition to applicable
- [Failure to Pay Overtime & Minimum Wage](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employees/failure-to-pay-overtime-minimum-wage/) - Failure to Pay Overtime & Minimum Wage “I’m a cashier and have been working 60 hours a week for the past year, but my employer pays me the same amount of money each week regardless of how much I work. Is this legal?” Failure to Pay Overtime As a general rule, employees who work more
- [Payroll Problems](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employees/payroll-problems/) - Payroll Problems “My employer only pays me sporadically. He says it’s because the company isn’t doing well and he doesn’t have the money to pay regularly. What can I do?” State and federal laws provide employees with numerous payroll protections. As a general rule, most employers are required to pay employees on a weekly or
- [Trainings and Seminars](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/workplace-trainings/trainings-and-seminars/) - Arbitration and Litigation Managing Employment Lawsuits to Minimize Costs and Maximize Success Arbitration & Class Action Waiver Agreements: Should All Your Employees Sign Them? Alternative Dispute Resolution: Factors When Considering Mediation and Arbitration Avoiding Employment Litigation Landmines: Employee Management Strategies to Minimize the Risk of Litigation Tips for Employers when Managing Relationships with Outside Lawyers: Understanding your Rights, Responsibilities,
- [Employment Contracts, Consulting Contracts & Severance Agreements](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/employment-contracts-consulting-contracts-severance-agreements/) - Employment Contracts, Consulting Contracts & Severance Agreements Modern employers utilize contracts to ensure clarity and protect their interests in association with the employment process. Properly constructed offer letters or contracts are a critical mechanism for ensuring clarity and protecting employer rights in association with hiring. Likewise, employers benefit greatly by utilizing professionally drafted severance agreements,
- [Corporate Restructuring](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/corporate-restructuring/) - Corporate Restructuring Our experienced attorneys can assist companies that need to reduce or restructure their workforce in order to achieve business objectives, maximize efficiency, or reduce costs. Our attorneys can assist employers in administering each step of the layoff process, including planning, decision-making, adverse impact analysis, severance agreement preparation, and communication. Out attorneys can also
- [Employment Practices Audits](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/employment-practices-audits/) - Employment Practices Audits Our firm provides employers with a broad but deep on-site analysis designed to assess and improve legal compliance and human resources practices in a cost effective way. The ever increasing complexity of employment laws frequently causes even the most diligent employers to find they are no longer in compliance with relevant requirements
- [Labor Unions & Preventive Practices](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/labor-unions-preventive-practices/) - Labor Unions & Preventive Practices The National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) applies to most employers regardless of whether their workplace is unionized. At its core, the NLRA provides employees with a limited assortment of protections, such as the right to strike. Since 2008, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has drastically expanded the reach of
- [Noncompetition Agreements & Restrictive Covenants](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/noncompetition-agreements-restrictive-covenants/) - Noncompetition Agreements & Restrictive Covenants In the modern, highly mobile economy, employers may wish to restrict current and former employees from using confidential company information and customer goodwill to compete or to recruit away important organization clients or employees. Employers can use well-constructed restrictive covenants, including noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and confidentiality agreements to protect their assets
- [Hiring, Performance Management & Termination](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/hiring-performance-management-termination/) - Hiring, Performance Management & Termination Workplace decisions related to hiring, performance management, promotion, individual terminations, or mass layoffs can expose employers to potential liability unless they involve proper procedures, well informed managers, and effective documentation. Whether employers have questions related to background checks, drug testing, medical information, performance feedback, or severance arrangements, our experienced attorneys
- [Workplace Investigations](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/workplace-investigations/) - Workplace Investigations When an employee complains of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or other potential violations of law, employers typically need to conduct investigations to evaluate the veracity of the complaint. Our experienced attorneys can run swift, neutral, and discrete onsite or phone-based investigations related to sensitive employee complaints. We can also provide advice and guidance behind
- [Wage & Hour](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/wage-hour/) - Wage & Hour Proper wage and hour procedures are often deceptively complicated and violations can create sudden problems after years of going undetected. Employer liability for wage and hour law violations can be extremely costly. The most common wage and hour claims allege that employers have failed to pay minimum wage or have misclassified salaried
- [Privacy & Data Security](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/privacy-data-security/) - Privacy & Data Security Employers must increasingly worry about a dizzying assortment of privacy rules within the workplace that can leave well-meaning employers vulnerable to potential lawsuits and enforcement actions. For example, the Massachusetts Privacy Act restricts the ability of employers in that state to take many formerly non-controversial measures that could be interpreted to
- [Handbooks, Policies & Procedures](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/handbooks-policy-and-procedures/) - Handbooks, Policies & Procedures Implementing effective employer policies and procedures represents one of the most efficient and effective way of ensuring consistent human resources practices, minimizing the risk of disputes, and strengthening employer defenses should litigation eventually emerge. A modern and legally compliant employment handbook can provide employees and managers with important guidance and maintain
- [Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/discrimination-harassment-retaliation/) - Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation Employers face an overlapping assortment of state and federal laws that create obligations with regard to workplace discrimination and harassment. Employers that fail to follow proper procedures when responding to complaints of workplace harassment or discrimination can quickly find themselves accused of improper conduct, including retaliation. Our firm has extensive experience
- [Employment Litigation & Trials](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/employment-litigation-trials/) - Employment Litigation & Trials An employment lawsuit must be handled effectively in order to minimize the financial cost, reputational damage, and distraction within the work environment. We are experienced at helping employers navigate through the difficult circumstances created when an employee brings a legal claim. Because the opposing side knows that we zealously represent our
- [Real Time Legal Advice & Counsel](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/real-time-legal-advice-counsel/) - Real Time Legal Advice & Counsel In light of the ever increasing complexity of employment laws and requirements, employers benefit from the ability to receive wise legal counsel in real time related to employment questions that emerge. The efficient real time advice offered by our attorneys can assist employers in effectively resolving employee problems and
- [Employer Legal Services](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employers/) - Employment Litigation & TrialsReal Time Legal Advice & CounselHandbooks, Policies & ProceduresWage & HourEmployment Practices AuditsEmployment Contracts, Consulting Contracts & Severance AgreementsWorkplace TrainingsWorkplace InvestigationsHiring, Performance Management & TerminationDisability Accommodation & Leaves of AbsenceDiscrimination, Harassment & RetaliationCorporate RestructuringPrivacy & Data SecurityLabor Unions & Preventive PracticesNoncompetition Agreements & Restrictive Covenants
- [Employee Legal Services](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/employees/) - Wrongful TerminationDiscriminationWorkplace HarassmentRetaliationFailure to Pay Overtime & Minimum WagePayroll ProblemsNoncompetition, Severance Agreements & Other Employment ContractsDisability Accommodations and Leaves of AbsenceUnion Representation
- [Estate Planning](https://wyattlegalservices.com/practice-areas/estate-planning-business-law-and-real-estate/estate-planning/) - Estate Planning Estate planning most commonly includes preparing Wills and Trusts, and Power of Attorney documents for health care, and general financial purposes. Our attorneys offer a free thirty-minute consultation for prospective estate planning clients, in which you will have an opportunity to discuss your unique circumstances and estate planning goals. Your estate plan will
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