Augusta, with a population of almost 200,000 (including all of Richmond County) is the second– largest city in the state of Georgia, with the entire central Savannah River metro area, which is experiencing record population and job growth, recently zooming past 500,000. With all of that growth, workers are bound to run into situations where they need a Georgia employment lawyer.

The attorneys of the Atlanta law firm of Buckley & Klein, experts in employment law, serve the people of the Augusta metropolitan area as one of the state's most experienced employment law firms.

Augusta is best known to the rest of the country as the home of the annual Masters golf tournament, and people who live here know Augusta as virtually the capital of warm, friendly Southern hospitality.

Augusta is consistently ranked by sources as diverse as Forbes magazine and CNN as one of the best places in the country in terms of livability, workforce talent, cost of doing business, and manufacturing expansion and relocation. It is the fastest– growing metro area in Georgia.

As one of Georgia's major cities, jobs in the area run to every conceivable occupation. People are employed in the health care, construction, education, government, retail, finance, food service, and agricultural industries, among others.

The city is home to a number of company headquarters and major operations, the Savannah River nuclear plant, close to the U.S. Army Signal Corps headquarters at Ft. Gordon, and home of the Medical College of Georgia (health care accounts for 25,000 area jobs), and home to a number of colleges, including Augusta State University.

The Georgia employment lawyers at Buckley & Klein understand that many people may not know their rights under employment laws.

We know that there are times when your employer doesn't treat you the right way, and times that employers may violate Georgia or even federal employment laws––in many instances, without the knowledge of the employee.

Our firm practices in a diverse set of employment law areas, including wage and hour cases, overtime, sexual harassment, and discrimination based on race, gender, religion, national origin, and age, among others.

We also work in the areas of executive compensation, employment contracts, state law torts, and retaliation and whistleblower claims.

We regularly represent clients in federal and state court trials, arbitration hearings, and mediations.

For the many members of the military stationed at Ft. Gordon, we are experienced with the Uniformed Services Employment and Re–Employment Rights Act (USERRA), which protects many workplace rights of U.S. military personnel.

If you have any questions about you legal rights at your job in the Columbus area, or anywhere else in the state of Georgia, please contact us. We are here for you.