Cepideh Roufougar

Cepideh Roufougar is a Principal in the San Francisco, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C.

Ms. Roufougar is Co-Leader of the California Advice and Counsel Resource Group. She advises and counsels management in all areas of labor and employment law, with a focus on identifying practical solutions to help ensure compliance with state and federal law. Ms. Roufougar positions herself as a strategic partner when providing advice and counsel about litigation avoidance, employee management issues, implementing disciplinary actions, and collective bargaining issues. Her ability to see the big picture clearly and understand her client’s businesses in emotionally charged and highly complex disputes has helped her clients financially and prevented litigation. Her clients rely on her to guide them through both short-term and long-term planning to achieve their unique goals and strategies.

Ms. Roufougar is an experienced trainer and presents seminars on a wide range of subjects, including: leave management and reasonable accommodations; preventing discrimination, harassment and retaliation; implementing and sustaining disciplinary actions; conducting defensible workplace investigations; first-line supervisor trainings; performance management/evaluations; and wage and hour issues.

Ms. Roufougar has been successful in helping her clients prevail in numerous arbitrations and administrative appeals. She has extensive experience representing employers in labor and employment disputes. She has defended employers in employment litigation matters, including claims alleging violations of the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act, FLSA collective actions, and claims of harassment and discrimination. Ms. Roufougar also conducts complex workplace investigations.

Before joining Jackson Lewis, Ms. Roufougar practiced at a well-regarded local labor and employment firm and served as in-house counsel for a local public agency.

Cepideh Roufougar In the News

Susan Groff, Cepideh Roufougar, Jonathan Siegel, Peter Waneis and Cecilie Read Co-Author California Issues 'Resilience Roadmap' to Employers for Stage Two Reopening

May 21, 2020 • SHRM

Jackson Lewis Publishes Q1 Diversity and Inclusion Committee Newsletter 2018

April 30, 2018 • Jackson Lewis

Cepideh Roufougar Publications

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California’s Resilience Roadmap and Guidance to Employers for Stage Two Reopening

May 11, 2020

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Department of Labor’s Temporary Rule for Families First Coronavirus Response Act

April 3, 2020

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California Worker Misclassification Bill Closer to Enactment

September 13, 2019

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Cepideh Roufougar Blog Posts

California Workplace Law

California’s Resilience Roadmap and Guidance to Employers for Stage Two Reopening

May 11, 2020
COVID-19 Workplace Law Advisor

California’s Resilience Roadmap and Guidance to Employers for Stage Two Reopening

May 11, 2020
Disability, Leave & Health Management

California Paid Sick Leave and Coronavirus

March 9, 2020