Labor & Employment Consulting

Our Expertise
Combining a deep understanding of the legal landscape with our data expertise, we translate complex analyses into clear and actionable insights for legal teams. We don’t just “crunch the numbers;” we are data professionals who use our advanced analytical skills to investigate complex legal issues and provide objective expert opinions. Our dedicated approach has resulted in numerous successful mediations, trials, and settlements. Our vast experience in litigation support also provides us with the tools necessary to audit labor and employment practices and bridge the gap between legal strategy and business needs.

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  Wage & Hour LitigationOur team offers sophisticated data analysis, statistical modeling, and economic support to strengthen your legal position. We have extensive experience in data analysis to address wage and hour issues, particularly for class action and PAGA claims, including failure to provide meal and rest periods, rounding, misclassification, unpaid wages, overtime claims, regular rate of pay, off-the-clock and other claims.
  
  We provide comprehensive litigation support at each step of the process, including CAFA removal analysis, class definition, data production, liability and merits analysis, damages calculations, settlement administration, and expert witness testimony.

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  Wage & Hour Audit and ConsultingEmployers nationwide, and especially in highly regulated states like California, Washington, or Colorado face an increasing risk of finding themselves as defendants in a wage and hour class action or PAGA lawsuit. It is often only during litigation that business owners and executives realize how costly it becomes to fail to fully comply with strict state and federal regulations, even if they have the best intentions as employers.
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  Our team of experts has decades of experience analyzing the available data to identify wage and hour risk areas. Having worked on hundreds of class action and PAGA cases, we know what practices can become difficult legal issues, and we can provide the support to address high-risk areas. Our consultants will effectively reduce the risk of litigation and will minimize the amount of financial exposure if a lawsuit does arise.

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  Employment DiscriminationOur team has extensive experience in analyzing complex data, developing statistical models, and providing economic support for discrimination cases. This expertise extends to both class action and single plaintiff claims, supporting private actions and government investigations by the EEOC, OFCCP, and other agencies. We address a wide range of discrimination claims, including unfair treatment in pay, promotion, hiring, terminations, and reductions in force. Combining deep legal understanding with data analysis skills and economic principles, we translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for attorneys and business leaders.

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  Pay Equity AnalysisWe can drastically reduce your litigation and regulatory exposure by taking proactive measures to ensure equal and fair pay, meeting or exceeding legal requirements.  By analyzing your company's labor data, we can reveal any potential pay discrepancies related to race, age, gender, and other protected attributes, allowing you to address them before they become costly legal issues. In addition to meeting legal and government requirements, our pay equity analysis also ensures fair and equal pay and employment practices that attract and retain top talent in a socially responsible way
  team has extensive experience in analyzing complex data, developing statistical models, and providing economic support for discrimination cases. This expertise extends to both class action and single plaintiff claims, supporting private actions and government investigations by the EEOC, OFCCP, and other agencies. We address a wide range of discrimination claims, including unfair treatment in pay, promotion, hiring, terminations, and reductions in force. Combining deep legal understanding with data analysis skills and economic principles, we translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for attorneys and business leaders.

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  Single Plaintiff Claims
  We offer comprehensive legal support for single plaintiff employment claims like wrongful termination, discrimination, failure to promote, or failure to hire. Our team goes beyond just advocacy. We provide a detailed analysis of both liability and merits for your case, giving you a clear picture of its legal strength. Additionally, we utilize our expertise to calculate potential economic exposure under various scenarios. This allows you to make informed decisions regarding your case, understanding the full financial implications of different outcomes.

Our MethodologyOur team of experts have advanced degrees and years of experience in using cutting-edge statistical analyses and economic principles to extract meaningful insights from the data and present it in a clear and impactful way to decision-makers.

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  Data CollectionWe design and implement scientific data collection strategies, including statistical sampling, surveys, observation studies (both in-person and video-based), and forensic data analysis. We have experience in collecting valid and reliable representative data that can be confidently used to make informed decisions in your case.

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  Data Analysis and InterpretationOur team excels at processing and analyzing complex data sets from a variety of sources, including HR data, timekeeping records, payroll data, badge swipe records, GPS data, phone records, computer logs and many others. We can identify patterns and trends in the data, investigate class certification and manageability issues, and test how various legal arguments affect liability and damages determinations.

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  Damages ModelingWe use the available data to build flexible damages models that help our clients understand the economic impact of the various legal theories of the case. We design user-friendly tools that our clients can use independently to test various assumptions in preparation for mediation or trial.

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  Mediation SupportWe prepare presentations with powerful visuals and an easy-to-understand interpretation of our findings that can be used at mediation. We also review opposing experts’ analyses and damages calculations. We often participate in mediations to present the results of our analyses directly to the mediator or to the opposing party. We pride ourselves in having assisted our clients to favorable outcomes at numerous mediations.

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  Expert Witness TestimonyOur experts prepare expert reports and provide expert witness testimony in state and federal courts, arbitrations and other forums. We have extensive experience preparing clear and convincing trial exhibits, rebutting opposing experts, and presenting our findings in a credible and effective way.