breach of employment contracts

Certain employment relationships commence through the execution employment an employment contract. The terms of these contracts usually govern the most important aspects of the employee’s employment. Many such contracts contain provisions limiting an employer’s ability to terminate the employment relationship. An employer’s power to terminate an employee is limited where the agreement states the employee will be employed for a specific term and/or where the contract states the employer may not terminate the employee except for cause. These clauses often, at the end of the employment relationship, become a source of dispute.

Employment contracts often control other important features of the employer-employee relationship. One area these agreements tend to control relates to the payment of wages. This is especially so for commissions, bonuses, stock grants, and other benefits.

Our office has extensive experience drafting and negotiating the terms of employment contracts. We have a great deal of experience analyzing and litigating purported “for-cause” terminations. We have represented clients in numerous breach of contract actions, including wrongful termination, wrongful failure to pay wages due under the contract, etc.