Dan Pasternak works with employers to solve workplace problems. Sometimes that involves helping develop, implement and enforce effective and business-sensible employment and traditional labor relations policies and practices. Other times, it involves representing employers in high-stakes litigation matters.
For more than two decades, Dan has advised employers in managing one of their most important assets – their human resources. From leading workplace investigations and crafting executive and non-executive employment, retention and separation contracts, to designing and supporting large-scale organizational changes and advising clients on strategic labor and employment issues arising in corporate merger and acquisition transactions, Dan’s focus is to find the right solution for employers in an increasingly complicated, highly regulated workplace environment.
But when solutions cannot be found and matters turn to litigation, Dan represents clients in the federal and state courts, before administrative agencies, and in arbitration and mediation proceedings, in employment matters arising under the array of federal and state employment laws, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, wrongful termination, wage and hour collective and class action, ERISA denial of benefits, and unfair competition and restrictive covenant cases.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Daniel B. Pasternak
- US Supreme Court Strikes Down Fair Share Fees for Public Sector Unions - (Posted On Wednesday, June 27, 2018)
- United States Supreme Court Issues “Epic” Decision for Employers - (Posted On Tuesday, May 22, 2018)
- First Circuit Nixes ADA Suit Finding that Disabled Employee Was Not A “Qualified Individual” (US) - (Posted On Tuesday, May 08, 2018)
- NLRB Takes a Bite Out of Big Apple Restaurant, Finding Terminations Following Employee Emails Expressing Workplace Concerns Violated the NLRA (US) - (Posted On Friday, April 27, 2018)
- US DOL’s Voluntary Wage Underpayment Reporting Program – PAID – Now Underway - (Posted On Wednesday, April 04, 2018)
- US Supreme Court Says No Overtime Pay for Auto Service Advisors - (Posted On Wednesday, April 04, 2018)
- U.S. Department of Labor Announces New Pilot Employer Self-Reporting Program To Address Overtime and Minimum Wage Violations (US) - (Posted On Thursday, March 08, 2018)
- NLRB Releases Slew of Advice Memoranda Providing Interpretative Guidance On Labor Issues (US) - (Posted On Thursday, February 22, 2018)
- California Federal Court Finds That “Gig Economy” Workers Are Independent Contractors, Not Employees (US) - (Posted On Wednesday, February 14, 2018)
- Ready Or Not, Here They Come … the U.S. Department of Labor Provides Notice of Future Audits (US) - (Posted On Friday, February 09, 2018)
Daniel Pasternak is an employment and litigation attorney with Squire Patton Boggs in the Phoenix office, and he was named a National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader for his writings on employment law as regards the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). He consistently contributes insightful articles on employment topics ranging from decisions at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS), as well as on cultural trends such as the #MeToo movement's impact on the employment law landscape.