Zak Franklin
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Zak Franklin focuses his practice on employment litigation and counseling, with additional experience in complex transactional work. He defends employers in all stages of litigation including in putative class action and single and multi-plaintiff lawsuits for claims of meal and rest period violations, failure to pay wages and bonuses, off-the-clock work, employee or contractor misclassification, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, trade secret, and breach of contract matters. He advocates for clients in federal and state courts and administrative agencies, including in proceedings before the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Public Employment Relations Board, the Division of Labor Enforcement Standards, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the US Department of Labor. Read Zak Franklin's full bio.
3 Aspects of Executive Agreements that Need an Upgrade
By Zak Franklin on Jul 18, 2019
Posted In Employee Benefits, Employment, Executive Compensation
Executives are no longer reluctant to lawyer up. News reports on executive/employer contretemps at Papa John’s, Barnes & Noble, Uber and other companies have drawn press attention in the past year; countless other executive/employer disputes have flown below radar. Underlying these controversies is the executive’s employment agreement, typically the most high-stakes and closely negotiated employment...
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