Services

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

Our team of attorneys has a thorough knowledge of the often complex California Workers’ Compensation laws and has been proactive in representing clients throughout the state before the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of California.

Philosophically, Dietz, Gilmor & Associates takes an aggressive approach to defending claims and seeks to quickly determine the merit of each case. With clients’ interests always paramount, our goal is to close files expeditiously. Suspected fraudulent or exaggerated cases require a firm and resolute defense. Defense plans are carefully tailored to each case, and our attorneys anticipate and analyze events before they advise clients. With an eye to the bottom line, our attorneys scrutinize facts and evidence to reduce unnecessary medical overhead and avoid lost time for our clients.

Areas of practice include:

Defense litigation

Subrogation

Serious and Willful Misconduct claims

Labor Code § 132a representation

TRAINING

Dietz, Gilmor & Associates strives to partner with its clients to assist in training and to provide updates in the law. Upon request, the firm will provide presentations to its clients to assist with claims staff training on a variety of topics.

EMPLOYMENT LAW

Labor and employment laws impact the entire relationship between employers and employees, starting with the hiring process and extending into all aspects of daily operations, including job descriptions, promotions, evaluations, terminations, benefits, and resolving employee disputes. The laws that apply to the employment relationship are found at the federal, state, county and city levels of government. Making sense of the oftentimes conflicting requirements is more challenging than ever for today’s employers.

Dietz, Gilmor & Associates provides day-to-day counseling to employers on a variety of human resource matters, such as exempt/non-exempt classification, sexual harassment, leave of absence, and employee hiring, discipline and termination. As part of our firm’s counseling function, we regularly draft critical employment policies and agreements including:

Employment agreements

Employee handbooks

Sexual harassment/Equal Employment Opportunity policies

Independent contractor agreements

Internet/e-mail policies

Confidentiality, proprietary information agreements

Separation agreements

Employee arbitration agreements

Meal/rest period waivers

Job descriptions

Dietz, Gilmor & Associates defends employers in the following types of cases:

Unpaid overtime or compensation for missed meal and rest periods

Race, sex, sexual orientation, and disability discrimination

Family and Medical Leave law

Return to work

Implementation of vacation and other benefit policies

Employee privacy and confidentiality

Drug testing

Protection of trade secrets

Commission disputes

Hiring and firing practices

Interviewing and recruiting issues

Prevention of workplace violence

Our firm also offers counseling and guidance in the following areas:

Development and Implementation of Policies.

Daily Advice and Training to Managers, Supervisors, and Employees regarding the following Legal Matters:

Anti-discrimination laws

Wrongful termination

Breach of contract

Defamation

Record-keeping requirements

Worker safety requirements

Reasonable accommodation requirements

Personnel policies

Other related issues