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Leech Tishman’s Employment & Labor attorneys counsel and litigate on behalf of private and public sector employers in all aspects of the employment relationship, from hiring through termination.
Our employment & labor attorneys partner with our clients to develop creative options that align with your business objectives while complying with statutory and common law requirements. Our team’s understanding of the nature of the employer/employee relationship, combined with our understanding of each client’s business, allows our lawyers to guide our clients to cost-effective and practical solutions.
LeechTishman’s employment & labor attorneys focus on preventing litigation. We counsel employers and offer training on many facets of the employment relationship, including but not limited to workplace harassment, performance management, Employment Law 101 for supervisors, discipline and discharge, terminations, and ensuring statutory compliance.
Our lawyers represent employers in employment discrimination litigation before the federal and state courts, as well as a number of federal and state administrative agencies.
- Pre-employment testing and background checks
- Employment hiring, agreements & contracts
- Use of temporary/leased/contract employees and independent contractors
- Employee handbooks/development of HR policies/HR audits
- Leaves of absence, disability accommodation & ADA compliance
- Affirmative Action and OFCCP compliance
- Family and Medical Leave Act issues and compliance
- Performance appraisals
- Disciplinary action, termination and protocols
- Reductions in force and workforce restructuring
- Severance agreements, waivers and releases
- Diversity and inclusion counseling and implicit bias training
- Payment practices
The Employment & Labor Practice Group specializes in the following focus areas:
- Employment discrimination litigation
- Employer representation before federal and state courts and administrative/government agencies
- Enforcement of restrictive covenants
- Defamation
- Employment at-will/wrongful discharge
- Unemployment compensation claims
- Joint employer liability
- Navigation of “most favored nation” status
- Compliance with WARN Act and state-level WARN regulations
- Mediation, arbitration and early neutral evaluation
- Internal conflict resolution program/policy design, training and implementation
- Private dispute resolution services
Read more about Alternative Dispute Resolution & Administrative Law here
- Temporary/professional work visas (H1-B, TN, L-1, O-1, E-1, E-2, O-1, P-1, H-2B, B-1)
- International student/researcher issues (J-1, F-1, STEM-specific issues, NIW petitions, Schedule A/B physician issues)
- Permanent residence (work and family-based)
- Labor certifications/PERM
- Employer sanctions and assistance with government audits
- Appeals before state, federal, governmental and administrative agencies
- Personal representation and filings for consular processing
- Citizenship/naturalization
Read more about Immigration services here
- Qualified and retirement plan counseling
- Welfare and fringe benefit plan counseling
- Executive and non-qualified deferred compensation
- Plan design and consulting for tax-exempt organizations and governments
Read more about Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation here
- Sexual and workplace harassment prevention and remediation
- Representation before Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and city and state human relations commissions
- “Whistleblower” protections
- Fair Labor Standards Act compliance and related issues
- Representation before Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division and National Labor Relations Board
- Employee classification
- Pay practice reviews and pay equity considerations
- Compliance with OSHA/state OSHA regulations
- Workplace accidents
- Environmental counseling
- Electronic communications monitoring
- Protection of employee medical/personnel records
- Data breach/security incidents
- Workplace investigations involving employee misconduct
- Enforcement of trade secrets and restrictive covenants
- Confidentiality agreements
- Nonsolicitation agreements
- Unfair business competition laws
- Labor management relations
- Collective bargaining
- Grievance administration
- Arbitration
- National Labor Relations Board proceedings
- Public sector labor relations
- Strikes, picketing, and boycott advice
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