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Our areas of practice encompass the full panoply of labor and employment issues. Below is a listing of the areas in which we have the most significant concentration:
Labor Management Relations, including:
- Counseling businesses on union avoidance strategies
- Supervising and counseling employers in labor representation elections
- Negotiating union contracts and Collective Bargaining Agreements, including Pennsylvania Act III Interest Arbitration
- Preparing for and counseling in connection with strikes
- Arbitration of grievances
- Defending against unfair labor practice charges and any subsequent litigation
- Acting as management counsel to Taft-Hartley pension funds
Employment Litigation:
- Wage and Hour (including Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and similar state wage and hour statutes)
- Wrongful Discharge
- Contract and Labor Disputes
- Retaliation
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants
Employer Counseling, including:
- Drafting and reviewing Employee Handbooks, work rules, policies and procedures
- Drafting releases and severance packages
- Counseling employers on termination and discipline
- Drafting employment agreements
Mergers & Acquisitions:
- Counseling with respect to successorship obligations
- Advice regarding plant closures, relocations, etc.
- Advice regarding withdrawal liability
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