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Full-service counsel for efficient and effective labor and employment solutions.
Our Labor & Employment Law Process
Whether in a settlement, mediation, or litigation, we continuously communicate with our clients on all technical and strategic decisions at every phase of a case. We represent a wide variety of clients across several industries including health care, manufacturing, and construction.
Our attorneys are well-versed in federal and state employment law, workers’ compensation, union issues, and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). By collaborating with our public law, education law and litigation attorneys, our labor and employment team provide every client with legal counsel relative to their workplace, guiding them in the areas of:
- Employment Law. Our attorneys deliver counsel to employers on Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), and state employment laws. We also defend discrimination claims before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC), and the Department of Labor.
- Labor. Our team provides counseling for both non-unionized and unionized clients and represents employers in arbitration proceedings and defense of claims before the State Employee Relations Board (SERB) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Labor & Employment Team
Experience
- Our team’s experience includes:
- Defending, mediating, and negotiating the resolution of discrimination, wage-hour, and retaliation claims in state and federal court
- Defending federal sexual harassment lawsuits against major national corporations
- Defending ERISA lawsuits alleging wrongful denial of severance benefits
- Representing a municipal client before the Ninth District Court of Appeals in a workers’ compensation matter involving the death of a police officer
- Representing a client before the Ohio Supreme Court on the issue of workers’ compensation retaliation
- Prevailing at arbitration when a former employee challenged the employer’s decision to terminate the employee for poor performance
- Assisting in interest-based arbitration on behalf of a Cleveland suburb against a labor union that resulted in a favorable ruling and a cost-avoidance to the city of approximately $650,000 in wage premiums and insurance expenses
- Guiding clients through strikes, plant closures, downsizing, facilities consolidation, and relocation
- Leading clients through the decertification process
- Leading clients through union organization attempts
- Counseling employers in the Greater Cleveland area on union avoidance, union election campaign strategy, and strike avoidance; conducting in-service training on policies and practices, including anti-harassment and public records policies
- Drafting and assisting clients with WARN Act notifications and obligations
- Obtaining jury verdict in favor of employer in FMLA and ADA lawsuit
- Drafting, enforcing, and defending confidentiality, non-compete, and non-solicitation agreements
- Developing personnel policies
- Assisting employer clients in interpretation, application, and administration of collective bargaining agreements
- Defending employers in litigation and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, and the State Employment Relations
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