Chaney Law Office Caldwell, Idaho 208-314-3850

Employment law in Caldwell

Workplace disputes and the agreements behind them, for employees and for the businesses that hire them.

What we handle

  • Wrongful termination claims.
  • Discrimination and harassment complaints.
  • Retaliation after a complaint or a report.
  • Unpaid wages, overtime and final paycheque disputes.
  • Non-compete and confidentiality agreements, reviewed before or after signing.
  • Severance agreements, and what you are giving up by signing one.
  • Employer-side policy and handbook review.

Deadlines are shorter than people expect

Employment claims frequently require a complaint to an agency before a lawsuit is possible, and those windows are short. If something happened weeks rather than months ago, that is the good version of this call.

Keep your own copies. Access to a work email account or an internal system tends to disappear on the day the employment does.

Before you sign the severance

A severance agreement is a contract, and the money is being offered in exchange for something, usually your right to bring a claim. Whether that trade is a good one depends on what the claim is worth, and that is worth knowing before the deadline to sign.

For employers

Most of the employer-side work here is preventive: a handbook that says what you actually do, agreements that are enforceable in Idaho rather than copied from another state, and a documented process for the decisions most likely to be challenged.

Talk to Greg about your situation

If anything has a date attached to it, say so when you call. A court date or a notice period changes what gets done first.