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BUSINESS LAW

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LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

The area of labor and employment law is ever changing. Our law firm represents both businesses and individuals and provides numerous services for our clients in the area of employment law, business law, trademark law, and copyright law. We conduct seminars and training for the employees of our clients. We assist our clients in all aspects of complying with the various state and federal regulations including Affirmative Action, Equal Employment and Opportunity, The American Disability Act, The Family Medical Leave Act, as well as Title VII. We prepare personnel and employee handbooks as well as other preventative business law services to a wide range of business clients. If you are in need of a business lawyer or labor law attorney, contact our law office today.

EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAWYERS-DEFENDING A HOSTILE ENVIORNMENT CLAIM

It has been well established by the United States Supreme Court since 1998 that an employer may defend against a hostile environment claim by showing that it exercised reasonable care to prevent and to promptly correct harassing conduct. As to the first prong of the affirmative defense, the courts have generally held that having and disseminating an anti harassment policy is sufficient. As to the second prong, the courts generally find it sufficient if the employer investigates a complaint of harassment and takes appropriate corrective action. Once on notice, an employer is required to conduct an investigation: first, that it take temporary steps to deal with the situation while determining whether the complaint is justified; and, second, that it take permanent remedial steps after the investigation is complete. The employer’s action not only seeks to solve the present harassment allegations but also puts other employees on notice that the employer considers harassment allegations seriously. Such notice to other employees serves the goal of preventing future incidents. The investigative process can also protect and clear accused employees that are not guilty of harassment.

COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT POLICY

The increasingly complex statutory and regulatory requirements imposed upon employers make it imperative that written policies be promogated and maintained in order to avoid fines for noncompliance an exposure to liability from lawsuits. Many Federal laws, and an increasing number of State laws, require employers to maintain written policies. Furthermore, it is no longer sufficient to simply pass out cookie-cutter policies to be effective. Workplace policies must be precisely tailored and contain specific provisions required by the location of the workplace, the type of business involved, the number of individuals employed, and a host of other considerations. A properly drafted and implemented policy can be a valuable tool for employers. Employers may be able to avoid liability for discrimination claims if a written policy sets out that discrimination is prohibited and grievance procedures for resolving those discrimination claims are set out in the policy. Employment law policies in addition to prohibiting discrimination and harassment, should include provisions covering wages and hours, benefits, leave, workplace safety, workplace conduct, and discipline. Many employers are now considering policies covering Internet and e-mail use, record keeping, drug and alcohol use, and immigration law compliance.

If you are in need of employment discrimination lawyers, our law firm represents both plaintiffs and defendants in discrimination and harassment hearings and lawsuits, wrongful discharge, non competition agreements, and employment injury claims to include workers compensation.

COMMERCIAL BANKING AND CREDIT UNION LAW

The attorneys at Skeeters, Bennett, Wilson, & Pike, provide legal services to financial institutions including banks, credit unions, mortgage companies, and finance companies. The representation spans a wide array of areas to include development of forms for lenders, loan modification agreements and forbearance agreements, uniform commercial code matters, consumer credit compliance, and sales and purchase transactions. We also assist our financial institutional clients with their real estate needs whether it be purchasing or leasing real estate. In addition, our law firm has a collections department which handles collections for local, regional, and nation financial institutions in the courts in all parts of Kentucky. We assist our financial institutions with their loan transactions and advise them and represent them in working out solutions to their debtors financial problems. We value our relationships with our financial institution clients and stay abreast of the various changes taking place in this very dynamic area of the law.

TRADEMARK LAW AND COPYRIGHT LAW

To bring a full array of services to our corporate clients Skeeters, Bennett, Wilson, & Pike, assist our clients in protecting their intellectual property. We counsel our clients in matters of trademark law, copyright law, trade secrets, and licensing and franchise matters. We help authors and song writers publish their works and obtain the proper copyright according to trademark law or copyright law. We help our clients obtain, register and maintain trademarks and copyrights in both state and The United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Although we do not practice patent law, we assist our clients in obtaining competent patent attorneys concerning their inventions. Protecting our clients intellectual property rights is a high priority for both our clients and our law firm.