The sheer volume of employment laws can be daunting. Because of this many industries inadvertently follow practices that are in violation of employment law. If left unaddressed, these practices can turn in trouble.

For instance, many companies prohibit employees from discussing salaries and wages with one another. Some companies even have this policy written in employee handbooks. Few know that, even when only implied, these policies are a violation of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. While a business owner may be unaware of this, it will not excuse them from the liability of instituting this mandate in the employee handbook and it poses a risk to the company if action an is taken regarding discussion of compensation.

Pleading ignorance to employment law is not a strategy that an employer should follow. An attorney with a background in employment law can provide assistance with a myriad of concerns, from workplace discrimination and harassment to the task of establishing proper expectations in an employee handbook, all of which can keep a business afloat in murky legal waters.

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Paige Zandri, Attorney Network Director at Priori Legal, is responsible for developing the attorney network of high quality lawyers in each of Priori Legal’s operational territories. Paige is a former practicing attorney in NYC and is co-chair of the Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee at the New York County Lawyer’s Association. Paige graduated from Brooklyn Law School and was a Division I softball player at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.