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Jeffrey M. Landes

Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

• Partner in the New York office of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. in the Employment, Labor & Workforce Management practice, where he co-leads the retail service team
• Experience includes counseling clients in a variety of industries including financial services, retail, and communications; in all facets of employment law, including compliance with EEO laws and other statutes governing the workplace, independent contractor issues, executive terminations, restrictive covenants, drug testing, background checks, employee discipline and terminations, reorganizations, workplace investigations, leaves of absence, and development of handbooks and personnel policies and procedures
• Practice also includes preparing employment, consulting and separation agreements, counseling multinational companies on unique labor and employment law issues, and conducting wage/hour and human resource audits
• Regularly conducts workplace training sessions for employees and managers and human resources personnel concerning performance management, harassment, diversity, EEO issues, and wage/hour issues, including pay practices and exempt/nonexempt classification issues
• Has represented employers in wage/hour audits before the U.S. Department of Labor and other federal and state administrative agencies
• Past member of the Labor and Employment Committee of the Bar Association of the City of New York and currently a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of the New York State Bar Association's Labor and Employment Section
• Can be contacted at 212-351-4601 or jlandes@ebglaw.com