Nicole Virella Almanzar is an associate in the firm’s Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety practice. Nicole has experience managing pre-litigation disputes, administrative claims, and agency audits, as well as counseling corporate clients on hiring, performance management, accommodations, separations, and leaves of absence.
Nicole represents employers in a broad range of employment litigation matters in state and federal courts, including claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, failure to promote, and constructive discharge. She also represents employers in proceedings before federal and state administrative agencies and advises clients in connection with agency charges, investigations, and audits.
She also develops employee handbooks, workplace policies, and training programs; negotiated employment and severance agreements; and advised employers on compliance with the FMLA, ADA, FLSA, and NJLAD. In her counseling practice, Nicole advises employers on a wide range of workplace matters, including workplace investigations, performance management, accommodations, leaves of absence, hiring and termination decisions, and compliance with federal and state employment laws.
