Labor and Employment
The firm has a national labor and employment law practice.
Our labor partners Walter P. DeForest and Jacqueline A.
Koscelnik are regularly named in “The Best Lawyers in
America.” In labor and employment matters we represent
for-profit and non-profit businesses, including universities,
hospitals, health insurers, television stations, radio
stations, manufacturing firms and construction operations that
employ all types of employees: white collar, clerical,
technical, blue collar and professional.
Our practice includes:
- Counseling in connection with
unionized, non-union, and mixed (unionized and non-union)
workforces.
- Representation of employers in
connection with, and in negotiation of, collective
bargaining agreement negotiations and labor dispute
arbitrations.
- Litigation of employment
matters, such as discrimination suits, harassment suits,
wrongful termination suits, and suits involving the
enforcement of non-competition clauses, in state and
federal courts and before administrative agencies such as
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the
Department of Labor.
- Advice and counseling of
employers during union representation campaigns, elections
and situations involving picketing and strikes.
- Representation of employers in
proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.
- For clients who are federal
contractors, we develop affirmative action plans and
provide counsel during audits by the Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs.
- Compliance counseling for
employers on the full range of employment laws, including
the wage and hour laws, the Americans With Disabilities
Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act.
- Drafting and management of
employee handbooks, harassment policies, leave policies,
affirmative action plans, and personal services agreements.
We advise employers daily with respect to hiring,
promotion, discipline, and termination matters.
- Education and training with
respect to employment and labor compliance.
For more information about the firm's Labor and Employment
Practice please contact:
Walter P. DeForest, deforest@deforestlawfirm.com
Jacqueline A. Koscelnik, koscelnik@deforestlawfirm.com
Will S. Skinner, skinner@deforestlawfirm.com
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