Employment & Labor Matters

Employment litigation covers a broad range of disputes — wage theft and misclassification, workplace discrimination and harassment, executive terminations, and union grievances. In each context, the right expert can either establish the applicable HR standard or workplace practice, quantify the economic loss to the plaintiff, or both.

Intellex advisors identify employment experts with active or recent backgrounds in human resources, labor economics, or the specific industry where the dispute arose. We assess whether a candidate has testified on the relevant issues before, whether their opinions will survive Daubert scrutiny, and whether they can present their analysis credibly at deposition and trial.

Employment & Labor Cases We Support

Our expert witnesses have testified and consulted in matters including:

• Wage and hour violations: Labor economists and HR professionals who address overtime eligibility, misclassification, off-the-clock work, and back pay calculations.
• Workplace discrimination: HR practitioners and organizational psychologists who address whether adverse employment decisions reflected discriminatory animus or legitimate business reasons.
• Sexual harassment and hostile work environment: HR and organizational behavior experts who assess whether a work environment met or failed the applicable legal standard.
• Wrongful termination and retaliation: HR professionals and industry experts who address whether a termination decision was consistent with company policy and industry practice.
• Executive compensation disputes: Compensation consultants and financial experts who address the terms of executive agreements, equity plan provisions, and the calculation of separation benefits.
• Non-compete and restrictive covenant enforcement: Industry experts and economists who address the reasonableness of non-compete restrictions and the competitive harm from an alleged breach.
• Back pay, front pay, and economic damages: Forensic economists who project the plaintiff’s earning trajectory and calculate economic losses arising from the adverse employment action.