Labor & Employment
LECG labor and employment experts advise clients on a wide variety of issues by providing litigation support, independent expert testimony, and business advisory services. Our professionals have advised on several labor and employment matters including those involving discrimination, wrongful termination, hostile environments, glass ceilings, employment practices, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. In discrimination and class certification cases, LECG economists advise clients on issues of statistical liability in discrimination, wrongful termination, and wage and hour claims. Our reputation for independence and objectivity ensures that our analysis of economic loss and damages are meaningful and impartial.
Outside the litigation context, LECG economists analyze employer statistics for potential disparities in hiring, layoffs, promotions, pay, and performance assessments. Our experts have also advised on human resource management, benefits, collective bargaining and arbitration.
Many of our experts specialize in the applied microeconomic and econometric analysis of labor markets and public policies. At the foundation of our skills is the understanding of labor markets and individual workplaces, which we then combine with emerging and long-standing academic labor economics literature, precedent-setting labor case law, and existing regulations (i.e., Department of Labor’s established regulatory exemption tests), to address specific situations.
Our services typically require the ability to collect, summarize and analyze large amounts of data. As skilled analysts, our professionals have sound foundations in finance and economics as well as accounting. LECG is highly experienced in performing statistical studies of employment discrimination allegations and wage and hour claims. We have provided expert testimony on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants and in single plaintiff, multi-plaintiff and class action matters alleging age, race, and/or gender discrimination.
Utilizing flexible and functional analytical models, LECG professionals work with clients to determine a reasonable allocation of any settlement amount or damages award. We can provide class settlement administrators with specific amounts per class member accounting for, among other factors, variations in salary, bonus, and hours worked. Our models consider multiple entry, departure and reentry to and from the class depending upon job classification, employment status, and other factors.
Types of labor and employment matters:
- Discrimination
- Wrongful termination
- Compensation
- Hostile environments
- Defamation
- Glass ceilings
- Wage & hour
- Workers compensation
- Performance management
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