Jessica M. Schauer is an associate in the Boston office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Department.  Her practice focuses on the representation of management in wage and hour matters, including litigation and counseling.  Ms. Schauer has significant experience defending wage and hour class and collective actions in federal and state courts concerning a wide range of subject matters including exempt classification, off-the-clock work, joint employment, and application of the minimum wage “tip credit.”  She also represents employers in wage and hour investigations by federal and state administrative agencies.  Ms. Schauer regularly counsels clients on a variety of employment-related legal issues, including compliance with the Fair Labor Standards act and state wage and hour laws, and has considerable experience conducting wage and hour audits.  Ms. Schauer’s wage and hour litigation and counseling experience spans a number of different industries, including the life sciences, professional staffing, retail, hospitality, transportation, and health care industries.

Ms. Schauer has also successfully represented employers in discrimination and harassment claims before administrative agencies and in federal court. 

Jessica M. Schauer is an associate in the Boston office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Department.  Her practice focuses on the representation of management in wage and hour matters, including litigation and counseling.  Ms. Schauer has significant experience defending wage and hour class and collective actions in federal and state courts concerning a wide range of subject matters including exempt classification, off-the-clock work, joint employment, and application of the minimum wage “tip credit.”  She also represents employers in wage and hour investigations by federal and state administrative agencies.  Ms. Schauer regularly counsels clients on a variety of employment-related legal issues, including compliance with the Fair Labor Standards act and state wage and hour laws, and has considerable experience conducting wage and hour audits.  Ms. Schauer’s wage and hour litigation and counseling experience spans a number of different industries, including the life sciences, professional staffing, retail, hospitality, transportation, and health care industries.

Ms. Schauer has also successfully represented employers in discrimination and harassment claims before administrative agencies and in federal court.