When employers announce layoffs, they walk into a legal minefield. Susan Stahlfeld, a lawyer with Miller Nash LLP, helps businesses avoid dangerous missteps.
Although Stahlfeld’s phone isn’t ringing as often as it did in November, December and January, the pressure on companies to shed jobs in a sliding economy continues to keep employment attorneys such as Stahlfeld busy advising businesses on the do’s and don’ts of layoffs.
“We don’t tell our clients what decisions to make,” she said. “We help our clients form a course of action that will get them where they want to go and reduce their risk.”