Bio

Matthew Goldberg regularly advises clients on the full range of workplace compliance issues, from recruitment, hiring, and negotiating executive compensation agreements to structuring detailed commission plans and implementing large-scale reductions in force. He works with both emerging companies and established businesses throughout their business lifecycles and is on the forefront of advising businesses about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in the employment context. Matthew also has an extensive background representing clients in wage-and-hour class and collective actions and California Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) matters, in addition to single-plaintiff retaliation, harassment, and discrimination cases. His experience includes trial work, motion practice, managing expansive discovery including expert witnesses and statistical evidence, and handling mediations and settlement conferences before state and federal administrative agencies and courts. In response to increased attention on the use and classification of independent contractors, Matthew has developed a specific focus on contractor classification analysis and the related pay reporting obligations for California employers. Matthew regularly plays a lead role in comprehensive wage-and-hour audits, preparation of employee handbooks, policies and procedures, and workplace trainings for clients to help mitigate litigation risk. His cutting-edge knowledge of the legal standards applicable to wage-and-hour claims of all kinds allows him to efficiently prepare and present practical analyses of potential exposure for clients and offer risk mitigation strategies.