雇用法および訴訟

We’ve secured important precedents in the wage and hour arena. And we bring deep subject area knowledge in areas most important to employers throughout the world.

Leading companies turn to us for help avoiding the courtroom in the first place. We partner with our in-house teams to conduct investigations and audits, draft employment policies, and tailor executive compensation agreements that attract top C-suite talent. And we do it on a global basis.

In selecting us as Employment Group of the Year in 2018, Law360 highlighted our high-profile wins for Microsoft and Twitter and our position as “a leader in the employment sector.” This marks the third time we’ve won this award. The Recorder has named us "Litigation Department of the Year: Labor and Employment" in California in 2015 and 2016. Chambers USA 2017 notes that we are a "highly recommended labor and employment outfit, renowned for our work for high-profile multinational clients."

Trial Savvy

Employers turn to our team when they are headed to trial and their reputations are on the line. Each of our employment partners has broad experience before judges and juries, defending clients in single-plaintiff and multi-plaintiff trials and arbitrations. After headline-making allegations of employment discrimination went to a jury trial, we won a total defense verdict for venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins over former partner Ellen Pao. The Recorder called our cross-examination of the plaintiff "masterful," while The New York Times billed the case as a "battle between legal powerhouses."

Class Action Defense

We’re helping employers fight the flood of class action litigation filed in recent years, particularly in the areas of wage and hour and equal employment opportunity. We’ve successfully defended over 150 wage class actions on behalf of clients like CVS, Gap and Sephora. Reporting on how we won two influential rulings in cases for Sears and Kmart despite unfavorable state law precedent, The Recorder wrote: "It takes a lot of moxie to rest a client’s defense on the contention that a state’s supreme court is just plain wrong. But an Orrick team climbed out on that limb last year and persuaded two federal judges to follow."

Enforcement

There’s been an unprecedented increase in government enforcement and litigation in the employment arena. We’re helping clients navigate regulatory investigations and litigation involving pay equality, discrimination and whistleblowing, among other areas of increased enforcement. Our team includes a former senior trial attorney for the EEOC and a former Associate Solicitor for Civil Rights and Labor Management at the Department of Labor.

Managing a Global Workforce

We have employment lawyers in markets worldwide, helping our clients manage their global workforce. We handle a wide range of claims before UK-based employment tribunals, including wrongful and unfair dismissal, discrimination, and breach of contract. From our Paris office, we advise national and international companies on all aspects of French employment law, including employee representation, collective bargaining, collective redundancies, and mergers and acquisitions. We also have a strong record in collective litigation. And we work with our European Tech Companies team to advise on the myriad human resources issues that arise for early stage companies.

Through our Global Employment & Equity Compensation service, we offer our clients unique and cost-effective strategies for addressing employment issues in more than 80 jurisdictions worldwide. Using this model, we partnered with one of our fast-growing tech company clients to successfully expand its global presence from seven countries to 28 in three years.