Montana Employment Law

Wrongful Discharge Act

• We draft effective policies and provide critical training to managers and Human Resources professionals to ensure discharge decisions are made and implemented properly.
• We proactively advise and counsel employers on all aspects of discharge decisions to minimize wrongful discharge act claims or avoid them entirely.
• When wrongful discharge act claims are brought, we defend employers aggressively to defeat such claims entirely or strategically position them for resolution on very favorable terms.

Human Rights Act

• We aggressively defend  employers covered by this state discrimination law but not covered by the federal discrimination law.
• We provide proactive advice and litigation defense for employers fighting more unique discrimination claims covered by this law, including marital status discrimination and aiding and abetting discrimination.
• We defend employers aggressively before the Human Rights Bureau and Human Rights Commission.

Wage Act

• We proactively advise and counsel employers on wages, overtime, and exemption issues to minimize claims or avoid them entirely.
• We navigate employers successfully through the unique procedures and processes for these claims when they are filed with state agencies.
• We defend employers aggressively when claims are brought under this law.

Workforce Drug and Alcohol Testing Act

• We draft and revise testing policies to ensure compliance with this law and to ensure that all testing is valid.
• We provide highly effective training and advice on drug testing policies and practices so that employers comply with this law’s many requirements.

Lawful Products Statute

• We proactively advise and counsel employers on products and issues that implicate this law so that claims are minimized or avoided entirely.
• When claims are brought, we defend employers aggressively to defeat them or strategically position them for resolution on very favorable terms.

Social Media and Workplace Act

• We proactively advise and counsel employers on how to use social media effectively to evaluate job applicants and employees, and to conduct workplace investigations.
• We defend employers aggressively when claims are brought under this law.

Blacklisting and Employment Interference Laws

• We proactively advise and counsel employers on properly handling issues and requests from former employees and other employers to minimize claims or avoid them entirely.
• We defend employers aggressively when blacklisting and employment interference claims are brought by former employees.