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Traditional Labor Relations for Management

• National Labor Relations Board matters
• Union avoidance training and legal advice
• Representation in R-case procedures, hearings, elections and appeals
• Legal representation in union-free campaigns
• Unfair labor practices defense
• Union negotiations collective bargaining
• Multiemployer and coordinated bargaining
• Strike management and legal advice
• Strikes and picketing injunctive relief
• Picket line violence defense
• Labor contract interpretation and administration
• Grievances and arbitration
• Defense against union corporate campaigns
• Industry specific labor law matters

Discrimination, Retaliation and Civil Rights

• Equal employment opportunity policy development and training
• Defense of discrimination, retaliation, and harassment charges and lawsuits
• Defense of  disability discrimination, accommodation, and access charges and lawsuits
• Harassment training and policy development
• Defense of harassment charges and lawsuits
• Federal contractor OFCCP audit and compliance
• Affirmative action plan advise and development

Employment Policies, Contracts and Training

• Employment counsel and advice before, after, and during the employment relationship
• Management training regarding hiring, firing, discipline and discrimination
• Wage and hour and employee benefit and leave advice
• Criminal and credit background check issues
• Review and drafting employee handbooks, policies, corporate codes of conduct, and other policies and programs
• Drafting employment contracts, independent contractor and employee leasing agreements
• Developing alternative dispute resolution programs, including mandatory mediation and arbitration procedures

Workplace Health and Safety Compliance

• Advice on OSHA and other safety standards (STAA, MSHA, etc.), compliance and reporting requirements
• Development of compliance programs for specific industries and regulations
• Developing safety and health programs and policies
• Employee training on OSHA safety measures and other employment law matters
• Obtaining qualification for voluntary protection programs
• Responding to catastrophic accidents, involving injury and death
• Managing property and personal injury liability and insurance issues
• Investigating and responding to safety citations and claims
• Representation at on-site inspections and during management interviews with the government
• Informal conferences with local area OSHA offices
• Negotiation of settlement agreements
• Defense and appeal of cases involving safety  and health before administrative law judges and courts of appealdefending against safety
• Related retaliation and whistleblower claims

Wages, Hours Benefits and Leave

• Federal and State wage and hour claims and lawsuits
• Class and collective action wage and hour lawsuits
• Benefits policies, practices, claims and lawsuits
• Leave Policies, practices, claims and lawsuits
• Federal and state prevailing wage act compliance, claims and lawsuits
• Misclassification and independent contract issues and lawsuits

Trade Secrets, Proprietary Information, Restrictive Covenants and Asset Protection

• Drafting and enforcing restrictive covenants  (non-compete, non-disclosure, non-solicitation clauses)
• Drafting and enforcing IP and proprietary assets (trade secrets, patents, copyrights, trademarks)
• Temporary restraining orders and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief

Employment Benefits, ERISA and Executive Compensation

• Litigation related to qualified and nonqualified retirement plans
• Multiemployer withdrawal liability litigation
• ERISA contribution audit and lawsuit defense
• Executive compensation plans
• Taft Hartley pension and health and welfare design, creation, litigation, and termination

Business Immigration Services

• Non-immigrant work related visas
• Intercompany transferee visas
• Treaty investor/trader visas
• I-9 compliance and defense