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Scott A. Hagen is the Chair of the Firm's Employment and Labor Section. His practice includes employment litigation, employee benefits (ERISA) litigation, labor litigation (including arbitration) and representation of clients before administrative agencies. Mr. Hagen has experience in employment discrimination, wrongful termination, wage disputes, employment-related tort actions (such as defamation claims and claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress), sexual harassment, class actions, and OSHA citations. In addition, Mr. Hagen has significant experience in enforcing employment-related covenants-not-to-compete through securing injunctive relief, as well as the defense of such actions. Mr. Hagen has also represented management in connection with labor arbitrations, unfair labor practice charges, representation elections, collective bargaining, state court injunctions regarding improper picketing, and hybrid lawsuits alleging breach of a collective bargaining agreement and breach of the fair duty of representation. Mr. Hagen has defended numerous claims brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). His cases have involved claims for benefits, wrongful discharge in retaliation for exercising rights under the Act, breach of fiduciary duty, and violation of ERISA disclosure duties. Mr. Hagen has also represented clients involved in audits conducted by the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Mr. Hagen has significant experience defending clients cited by the Utah Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Utah's OSHA counterpart. Mr. Hagen maintains an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating awarded to attorneys for professional competence and ethics. He has also been named for the past several years as one of The Best Lawyers in America in Labor and Employment Law, and has been voted by his peers throughout the state as one of Utah’s Legal Elite in the category of Labor and Employment Law (as published in Utah Business Magazine). | 