Whether it is our experience serving as general counsel to long-term care facilities or representing residential health care clients in a range of labor and employment disputes, our attorneys are well-versed in the challenges such businesses face.

With an eye toward preventing future liability, we collaborate with clients to assess risk in the areas of discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation and wage and hour disputes. And we have extensive experience drafting and negotiating employment agreements, employee handbooks, leave policies and benefit plans, as well as J-1 Physician waivers and immigration applications and policies. Our attorneys have been advising clients on COVID-19 related employment issues, including the development and implementation of mandatory testing and vaccination policies.

Fox attorneys have:

• Defended facilities against wage and hour disputes pending before state and federal agencies, as well as the courts.
• Defended facilities against retaliation and other claims filed by former employees.
• Advised health care facilities with regard to union avoidance training, union campaign issue training and union litigation defense.
• Represented a southern California skilled nursing facility in a two-day arbitration hearing brought by a former executive who claimed gender and pregnancy discrimination. Obtained a complete defense and was awarded attorney fees.
• Defended rehabilitation centers against claims of age discrimination and retaliation for whistleblower conduct.
• Drafted immigration policies and prepared and filed J-1 visas, work-authorization statuses and green-card applications for physicians, nurses and allied health care professionals.