About Andrew
Andrew W. Singer is managing partner of Tannenbaum Helpern and is chair of the firm's Employment Law practice, which offers a full spectrum of legal services from everyday counseling to complex employment litigation. With extensive experience in all aspects of employment law, he regularly advises companies with various human resource and compliance issues:Employmentdraft and negotiate employment agreements and executive compensation structuresdraft non-competition, non-solicit and confidentiality agreementscounsel companies on restrictive covenant enforceabilitydraft and negotiate severance agreementsRegulation/Compliancewage and hour compliance, including overtime computation and exemptions from overtime, minimum wage, payment and deduction from wages, commissions and draw structures, bonus and incentive compensation, governmental wage and hour audits, recordkeeping, and federal and state labor lawsindependent contractors, misclassification analyses, consulting agreements, and governmental auditsprivacy concerns, including federal and state workplace privacy laws, off-duty conduct laws, drug-testing, and background and credit-checksHR Policiessocial media policies and technology and e-mail usage policiesanti-discrimination, including sexual harassment, retaliation, accommodating the disabled and religion, and handling internal corporate investigationsemployee termination, WARN Act compliance, and COBRAhuman resource and compliance counseling, including drafting and reviewing employee handbooks, drafting job descriptions, vacation and PTO policies, family and medical leave compliance, military leave policies, and issues related to employment applicationsLitigation & Dispute Resolutiondefend discrimination and retaliation claims based upon sex, race, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, disability, age and any other protected class in federal and state courtshandle discrimination matters filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New York State Division of Human Rights, and the New York City Commission on Human Rightsadvise and defend businesses relating to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title III compliance issues, ADA lawsuits that involve claims of barriers in public accommodations for persons with disabilities and Department of Justice proceedingsA frequent speaker on employment law topics and emerging trends, Andrew regularly conducts training seminars for supervisory and managerial employees covering equal employment laws and sexual harassment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, wage and hour laws, independent contractor misclassification, workplace violence, social media policies, the Family and Medical Leave Act and other leave policies, workforce reduction and the WARN Act, and other employment law developments.
Andrew W. Singer is managing partner of Tannenbaum Helpern and is chair of the firm's Employment Law practice, which offers a full spectrum of legal services from everyday counseling to complex employment litigation. With extensive experience in all aspects of employment law, he regularly advises companies with various human resource and compliance issues:
Employment
Regulation/Compliance
HR Policies
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
A frequent speaker on employment law topics and emerging trends, Andrew regularly conducts training seminars for supervisory and managerial employees covering equal employment laws and sexual harassment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, wage and hour laws, independent contractor misclassification, workplace violence, social media policies, the Family and Medical Leave Act and other leave policies, workforce reduction and the WARN Act, and other employment law developments.