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Advancing Justice
The Minneapolis law firm of Schaefer Halleen focuses on the protection of individual rights through the resolution of employment law claims. We give a voice to victims of workplace misconduct. We are honored that our clients trust us to counsel them through the litigation process. We commit to apply the full breadth of our experience, skill, and creativity toward a satisfactory resolution of each case we take. Contact us for a confidential consultation about your legal problem. We will help you solve it.
“My clients inspire me every day. It’s a privilege to help victims of illegal workplace conduct move past this trauma and have their dignity and self-worth restored, while holding the offending employer accountable.”
-Lawrence P. Schaefer, Owner and President
Recent Blog Posts
The Truth About Women as Business Leaders
By Bert Black | The now infamous July 2017 Memo from a male Google engineer about the supposed limitations of women as techies and business leaders provides a fascinating glimpse into the gender bias that persists in corporate America. Often only veiled and implicit, this bias was all too explicit in the memo, which serves […]
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Terminating Employees for Off-the-clock Activities or Political Beliefs
By Lawrence P. Schaefer | Can an employer fire an employee for out-of-the-workplace activities, behavior or political beliefs? As we become more and more polarized as a society, and the blue/red political divide begins to infect the workplace, where does the line get drawn between your private life and your work life? I’m speaking on […]
Unlimited Vacation Pay: Legality and Fine Print
By Darren M. Sharp | One of my good friends runs a small non-profit that provides “unlimited” paid time off for its employees. Of course, there are limits in that the organization’s employees must get their work done and their absences must not hurt the organization; otherwise, the employees can take off as much time […]
BREAKING: MN Supreme Court Enforces Statutory Amendment to “Whistleblower” Act
By Lawrence P. Schaefer | Today, the Minnesota Supreme Court (in a unanimous decision) responded to a certified question from the United States District Court by enforcing the 2013 amended definition of “good faith” in the Minnesota Whistleblower Act (MWA). See Friedlander v. Edwards Lifesciences, LLC, A16-1916 (August 9, 2017). In doing so, the Court […]
The Department of Justice and Title VII: What You Should Know
By Nora Huxtable, Law Clerk | LGBT workers’ rights are under attack (again), and this time it’s the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) weighing in against LGBT employees. Last week, the DOJ filed an amicus curiae brief in a 2nd Circuit case called Zarda v. Altitude Express, urging the court not to read sexual orientation […]
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