Elaisha Nandrajog

Specifically, Elaisha represents employers in wage and hour, misclassification, wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, and harassment cases in courts throughout California and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Civil Rights Department, the Labor Commissioner, and the Employment Development Department. She has experience defending companies of all sizes in single-plaintiff and multi-plaintiff cases and her work involves complex wage and hour class actions as well as representative actions brought under California’s Private Attorneys General Act. Elaisha has defended clients in employment disputes across several industries, including hospitality, manufacturing, airport/aviation, technology, and healthcare in addition to the non-profit sector. In addition to her California state practice, Elaisha’s practice focuses on federal employment laws, including the ADA, the ADEA, the FLSA, and the FMLA. Her commercial litigation experience includes work on breach of contract, fraud, and unfair competition and interference claims. Elaisha assists in resolving employment disputes through all available means, including mediation, arbitration, negotiation, summary judgment, and trial.

Elaisha provides employment counseling and training in all aspects of employee hiring, management, discipline, and termination and advises companies on matters involving the protection of trade secrets and restrictive covenants. She partners with employers to review and develop policies that fit business needs while also minimizing exposure. She conducts employment compliance audits and provides training in best practices, including the prevention of sexual harassment and workplace violence, investigation of employee misconduct, and key wage and hour compliance areas (such as overtime/regular rate of pay and misclassification/reclassification). Elaisha also advises and represents companies in connection with due diligence associated with mergers and acquisitions, focusing on evaluating exposure concerning labor and employment practices.