Brooke Iley counsels and defends domestic and foreign corporations in all areas of employment and labor law compliance and litigation, including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage and hour class and collective actions, trade secret disputes and data protection, and alleged fiduciary breaches. She represents clients in negotiations, litigations, and arbitrations nationally in these areas.
There is a subset of the current U.S. workforce deemed as ‘essential’ meaning they continue to report to work during shutdown, shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders. Amazon is the best example of these groups mobilizing and looking to unionize because they fear unsafe workplace conditions.
Protecting employee rights may become more important once the coronavirus crisis passes, revitalizing unionization pushes.