Not everyone in Seattle who googles, "employment law" is looking for a plaintiff's employment attorney:

If you are looking for help with other "employment law" issues, here are some local resources who may be better able to serve you:

Linda S. Fang and her firm Banyan Legal Counsel

Employment Law: Human Resources (HR) Advice and Counseling

Business Startup and Expansion

Contract Drafting, Negotiation

Audits, Investigations, and Complaints

Jeannette Adams Gorman and her firm Socius Law Group

Business Services 

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Business Growth

Litigation Defense

Real Estate

Employment and Labor Resources

Tax Planning 

Local Kent Company [Carlisle Interconnect Technologies Inc.] closes shop, [Blames Covid-19], but this is not the first time CIT disappoints employees.

 https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/profit-not-pandemic-is-driving-closure-of-aerospace-suppliers-575-employee-kent-plant/  

Company blames Covid-19. But,

Internal company documents reveal a plan — internally code-named Project Cyprus — to move 30% of the annual business previously projected for Kent to China, another 26% to Mexico and most of the rest to other U.S. locations.

Michaels said that while transferring manufacturing to Mexico remains standard for U.S. aerospace companies, sending it to China is “against the grain” at this moment of high political tension in U.S.-China relations.

The Carlisle Interconnect Technologies manufacturing plant in Kent [closed in August.] (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Gender Discrimination Lawsuit filed agaisnt Carlisle Interconnect Technologies in King County Superior Court. 

Read the full complaint here: Carlisle Interconnect Technologies Inc. Lawsuit

Indigent injustice: Criminal Defense, Family Defense (dependency), Adult Guardianship

"[M]illions of Americans continue to find the odds stacked heavily against them in legal proceedings they are forced to navigate alone, confused by the rules and outmatched by state or private adversaries. Too often, it’s a profound injustice.

This article relates to criminal defendants, parents in dependency cases, and vulnerable adults in guardianship cases. Read more: HERE.

This report explores Washington’s Foster Care System: Susannah Frame on DCYF

You have been handed a Severance Agreement - now what?

It's happening all over the place. Your temporary Covid-19 furlough or lay-off has turned into a termination. Your company has handed you a severance letter that includes a lot of language requiring you to do things and refrain from doing things. It may offer a nominal sum of money. Should you sign the severance agreement? 

the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has some advice on the severance agreements. Click Here to review the full article.

Overview: 

• Make sure that you understand the agreement
• Check for deadlines and act promptly
• Consider having an attorney review the severance agreement
• Make sure you understand what you are giving up in exchange for severance pay or benefits
• Review the agreement to ensure that it does not ask you to release nonwaivable rights