Aerie Nandi

Practical employment counsel for Colorado and multistate employers

Aerie Nandi has over 20 years of experience practicing employment law and nearly a decade of experience directly representing and counseling employers. Aerie routinely counsels on all facets of federal and state employment law matters, with a significant focus on Colorado employment law. She advises Colorado-based, out-of-state and multistate employers on Colorado-specific requirements, including:

• Wage-and-hour and final pay requirements
• Restrictive covenants and nonsolicitation agreements
• Pay transparency and job-posting requirements
• Paid sick and family and medical leave, including HFWA and FAMLI

Aerie also advises employers on discrimination and harassment matters, workplace investigations, employment and separation agreements, reductions in force and compliance with federal employment laws, including the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). She helps employers navigate day-to-day workplace issues and manage employment-related risk.

Aerie is passionate about building strong relationships and helping employers create extraordinary workplaces through sound counsel, training and support.

• Counsels on various aspects of employment law, from the beginning of the employment relationship to separation.
• Provides case analysis and risk assessment.
• Provides representation in discrimination charges, including drafting position statements, representation in mediation and administrative hearings, and discovery.
• Represents on unemployment claims, including response review and hearings.
• Counsels employers on wage and hour compliance and risk analysis.
• Advises employers on issues related to performance documentation, discipline, layoffs and terminations.
• Drafts and reviews employment agreements, including waiver and release agreements, noncompete agreements, confidentiality agreements and nonsolicitation agreements.
• Drafts and reviews employee handbooks.

• Successfully achieved summary judgment in over 40 discrimination cases.
• Secured dismissal of multiple state administrative charges.
• Achieved resolution in 95 percent of cases represented in mediation.
• Reached favorable settlement in multiple OSHA citations.
• Achieved dismissal in OSHA citation.