Williams Parker Attorney Gail E. Farb Presents at Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals Association
Gail E. Farb, a labor and employment attorney with Williams Parker, recently presented “What’s a Business to Do in the Age of #MeToo: Preventing, Recognizing, and Responding to Harassment in the Workplace” at the Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals Association’s Florida Regional Conference.
Ms. Farb has extensive experience in the area of labor and employment law. She advises private and public sector management clients regarding preventive measures in matters involving discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; wage and hour issues; restrictive covenants; whistleblower laws; family and medical leave; labor relations; safety; layoffs and plant closings; and military leave. She balances business and local government needs with legal risks and defends single-plaintiff cases and collective actions in administrative, state, and federal court proceedings. Ms. Farb designs and reviews employee handbooks and policies; reviews employment, restrictive covenant, confidentiality, severance, and settlement agreements; assists clients with employee hiring, promotion, accommodation, counseling, discipline, layoff, and termination issues; conducts workplace investigations; and develops corporate compliance programs. She also represents management in alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation and arbitration. Additionally, Ms. Farb is on the Steering Committee and was a past chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Sarasota County Bar Association.