Krista A. P. Hatcher is an attorney at Fredrikson & Byron’s Employment, Labor & Benefits Group. She advises and defends employers on a wide range of employment law and compliance issues. Her expertise includes sensitive discipline and discharge decisions; reorganizations and workforce reductions, including OWBPA and WARN issues; wage-and-hour issues and compensation and payroll practices; drug and alcohol testing and other employee screening practices; employee leave and accommodation strategies; and discrimination and harassment complaints. She reviews, negotiates and drafts employment agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, and severance and separation agreements.

Hatcher served as VP & Senior Associate General Counsel for a nonprofit, integrated health system with a portfolio that included community hospitals, academic hospitals, long-term acute care, primary and specialty care clinics, senior living communities, skilled nursing facilities, home health care services, mental health and addiction services, pharmacies, and benefit management services. Her in-house experience with one of Minnesota’s largest employers informs her pragmatic approach to helping employers of all sizes solve their workplace law issues.