Vetter & White works closely with clients on a wide variety of employment disputes and practices. Our experience ranges from discharge procedures, use of lie detectors, drug testing and AIDS in the workplace, to more common discrimination and wrongful termination claims.

We have been before the federal and state courts, the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the State Department of Education.

Even though many employers may feel at a disadvantage when employment issues arise, there are ways employers can increase the likelihood of prevailing in litigation and, in some cases, avoid litigation altogether.

More and more, we are being asked to develop proactive steps to solve potential employee relations problems before they reach suit.

• A jury verdict in favor of a local university sued for age discrimination.
• A consent judgment, with permanent injunction, for a national aerobics firm that sued to enforce a non-compete covenant against a former employee.
• A settlement in favor of the employer after cross-examination at trial of a woman plaintiff claiming she had been discharged because of her breast cancer.
• Recovery of money damages for a manufacturing company that sued a plant manager for converting company property and using factory machinery to make materials for his own customers.
• Decisions by the State Department of Education and Board of Regents upholding a school committee’s decision concerning reductions in their work force.