PRACTICE AREAS    
 
 
 
Employment, Labor & Workers Compensation
Licata & Toerek's practice in the areas of employment, workers compensation and labor is extremely diverse. It starts with expert counsel, including Louis J Licata, who was the first attorney in Ohio certified as a specialist in both workers’ compensation and employment law after meeting the extensive requirements and high standards of the Ohio State Bar Ass’n’s Specialty Board and The Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Certification of Attorney’s as Specialists. The Firm offers a full range of services to provide support, direction, and protection to its clients with respect to employment relationships, regulatory compliance, and workers' compensation issues.

Support
We assist our clients in developing and implementing sound employment practices through Strategic Alliances.

Direction
We provide our clients with guidance at critical junctures in the employment relationship.

  • Separation of Employment
  • Enforcement of Employment Practices
  • Employee Manuals
  • Company Policies
  • Compliance Audits
  • Education for Managers/Employees
  • Employee Structure Arrangements
  • Collective Bargaining Agreements
  • Employment, Consulting, and Independent Contractor Agreements
  • Protection

We represent our clients' interests on a variety of employment, labor and workers' compensation issues.

  • Employment Issues
  • discrimination
  • wrongful termination
  • contract enforcement/restrictive covenants
  • unfair labor practices
  • unfair competition
  • trade secrets and confidential information
  • sexual harassment
  • wage and hour violations
  • union issues
  • defamation, emotional distress, and contract interference

Legislative Reform

  • Workers' Compensation
  • injuries
  • occupational disease/death
  • physical and mental stress
  • harmful exposure
  • repetitive trauma