Our Services

Our attorneys represent both unionized and union-free employers in a broad range of labor and employment matters, including:

• Union avoidance and handling representation elections

• All National Labor Relations Board matters, including unfair labor practice charges, and representational and jurisdictional issues

• Negotiating collective bargaining agreements, including project labor agreements

• Labor contract administration, including grievance handling, arbitration and mediation

• All aspects of labor dispute contingency planning, including the establishment and maintenance of a “reserve gate” system

• Long-term labor planning, including the relocation, acquisition or merger of unionized workforces

• Selling or purchasing unionized operations, including legal successorship, WARN notices, and multi-employer pension fund liability

• Double-breasting and alter-ego litigation

• Compliance with federal, state and city laws prohibiting discrimination, harassment and retaliation, including Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA, the FMLA, the FLSA, the New York State and City Human Rights Laws, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination and the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act

• Defending employers in court and administrative proceedings against claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment and/or unlawful retaliation

• Drafting employment, non-compete and confidentiality agreements

• Drafting employee handbooks, including the full range of workplace policies