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Babst Calland’s Employment and Labor Services Group has significant experience in providing employers with advice and counsel in all aspects of employment and labor law, and related litigation.
A multitude of federal, state and local laws regulate the employment relationship. The Employment and Labor Services Group at Babst Calland possesses broad capabilities to guide employers through the maze of laws and regulations created by the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), ADEA (Age Discrimination in Employment Act), ERISA (Employee Retirement and Income Security Act), FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act), FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act), NLRA (National Labor Relations Act), WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act), and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, among others.
Our lawyers use their wide range of experiences to help make sense of the problems employers face in this complex area of the law. Some of our lawyers have honed their skills through years of rendering legal services to employment and labor clients while others have had significant experience working within corporate human resource departments. Collectively, our experiences permit the Group to provide sound and cost-effective advice in managing any employment and labor issue.
Counseling Services to Avoid Human Resource Problems
The first step to cost-effective representation is to assist clients in establishing sound human resource management before a potential problem arises. Our lawyers spend significant time providing human resources support to employers regarding their obligations under federal, state and local laws from hiring to termination. We develop and audit employment policies and practices. We also provide on going advice and training regarding employment discrimination, workplace harassment, disability accommodation, FMLA and COBRA administration, discipline, drug and alcohol testing, employee privacy issues, workplace violence and employee benefits. Our lawyers develop and review employment contracts and methods to ensure that employers are taking all necessary steps to protect their trade secrets and confidential information.
Labor Relations Services
Our lawyers possess vast experience dealing with unions, whether it be a union that currently represents a client's workforce or a union seeking to represent that workforce. This experience includes negotiating collective bargaining agreements, responding to information requests, arbitration, contract disputes, handling unfair labor practice charges, responding to secondary boycotts and addressing the multitude of issues that arise in preparing for and dealing with strikes.
Litigation Services
Regardless of an employer's commitment to preventive human resource management, employment and labor litigation is a cost of doing business. The Employment and Labor Services Group has significant experience defending employers against employment discrimination claims, wrongful discharge claims, and employee benefits claims. Our lawyers also have litigated numerous breach of contract actions emanating from the employment relationship and the enforcement or defense of restrictive covenants and non-competition agreements. In keeping with our goal of cost-effective representation, our lawyers actively participate in alternative dispute resolution and will pursue that option when it makes business sense for the client to do so.
Acquisition and Divestiture Services
Our lawyers interface with Babst Calland's Business Services Group to assist that Group with due diligence by reviewing collective bargaining agreements, benefit plans, and human resource policies. We also assist with the preparation and negotiation of closing documents where employment and labor issues are involved. Additionally, we assist employers with the negotiation of severance agreements and in planning and implementing reductions in force where necessitated by a business transaction or the economy. Overall, the Employment and Labor Services Group is poised to provide employers with a full complement of services in a practical and cost-effective manner.
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