Ira M. Saxe

In addition to litigation defense, Ira provides counsel to a variety of workforce sizes, including but not limited to, those with modest in-house counsel presence, in connection with a broad array of employee relations issues, including wage and hour, human resources management, employment mobility, and equal employment opportunity matters. He advises management on complex issues arising in employment actions (including, but not limited to, individual or group terminations from employment), and he prepares and reviews personnel policies, employee handbooks, employment agreements, and other employment-related materials to ensure a compliant and effective employment platform. Ira prides himself on his responsiveness and consistent availability to assist clients in effectively addressing employee relations challenges in real time.

Ira’s wage and hour practice includes advising and counseling on complex issues of classification of workers as employees or independent contractors, overtime exemptions (including the federal Motor Carrier Act exemption), and compensation practices regarding mobile workforces and tipped employees.

Before entering private practice, Ira worked as a field examiner intern at the National Labor Relations Board, where he investigated unfair labor practice charges and processed representation petitions. He later worked as a compliance specialist, senior compliance specialist, and acting deputy assistant director with the City of New York, where he conducted and supervised compliance reviews of contractors' compliance with applicable equal employment opportunity/affirmative action requirements, and negotiated related corrective action agreements.