Michele is a partner in Reed Smith's Labor and Employment Group. She has experience handling state and national wage and hour class actions, discrimination and harassment claims under state and federal law. Michele also provides advice and counsel with respect to California and FLSA wage and hour issues, FMLA, CFRA, and ADA issues and leave policies, WARN requirements, and non-solicitation and non-compete agreements. She prepares responses to EEOC and DFEH administrative charges and has represented employers in connection with Department of Labor audits. She has experience handling arbitrations before the FINRA and private arbitrators. Her practice also includes speaking for in-house attorneys, human resources professionals and supervisors, conducting sexual harassment training for employers, drafting employment agreements, and developing and implementing employee policies.