Mediation & Arbitration

With its extensive knowledge of the employment market and through its exhaustive research capabilities, Schaffer Associates will provide detailed, factual information in the following areas to support a client’s needs in negotiating with its current and future employees.

Furthermore, Schaffer Associates will conduct negotiations and mediate disputes with employees in these and other areas as requested.

• Definition of compensation policies, wage scales, benefits strategies, etc. for management employees to ensure competitiveness, equitability, and optimal retention.
• Development of employment contracts, severance agreements, outplacement agreements, etc. for current management employees and for those to be recruited.
• Design and documentation of shadow equity or phantom stock programs for management in privately-held businesses to ensure management retention and to provide an incentive for superior effort.
• Negotiation of non-compete agreements, severance programs, and compensation disputes with employees.