Employment

Capabilities

Leech Tishman’s Employment 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 attorneys partner with our clients to develop creative options that align with 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.

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Leech Tishman’s employment attorneys focus on preventing litigation. We counsel employers and offer training on all aspects 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 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and City of Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations. We also represent employers in all aspects of labor relations, including collective bargaining, grievances, arbitration and National Labor Relations Board proceedings. We have extensive experience with wage and hour practice before the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division. We also assist employers with all types of alternative dispute resolution processes, including mediation, arbitration, and early neutral evaluations.

Employment Services

  • Affirmative Action and OFCCP compliance
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Disciplinary action and termination
  • Employee benefits consulting
  • Employee handbooks
  • Employment agreements
  • Employment at-will/wrongful discharge
  • Employment discrimination
  • Employment discrimination litigation
  • Family and Medical Leave Act issues and compliance
  • Human Resource policies and practices
  • Human Resource Practices Audits
  • Leaves of absence, disability accommodation & ADA compliance
  • Payment practices
  • Performance appraisals
  • Pre-employment testing and background checks
  • Reductions in force and workforce restructuring
  • Restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements
  • Severance agreements, waivers and releases
  • Sexual and workplace harassment
  • Unemployment compensation claims
  • Use of temporary/leased/contract employees and independent contractors
  • Wage and hour compliance and issues
  • Workplace investigations
  • Workplace practices
  • Workplace privacy issues

Traditional Labor

  • Arbitration
  • Collective bargaining
  • Grievance administration
  • Labor management relations
  • National Labor Relations Board proceedings
  • Public sector labor relations
  • Strikes, picketing, and boycott advice

Attorneys

Insights

Sep. 11, 2019  |  Client Alerts

AB 5 Passed! Law on Worker Classification is Changed Again

Sep. 9, 2019  |  News

Leech Tishman Partner Steve Irwin Completes U.S. Army War College Commandant’s National Security Program

Sep. 1, 2019  |  Client Alerts

Does Your Employee Handbook Violate Employee Rights?

Aug. 15, 2019  |  News

Leech Tishman Lawyers Recognized in Best Lawyers of America 2020 Edition

Aug. 6, 2019  |  Client Alerts

Elementary Elements of Employment Law: Everything You Need to Know, You Learned in Kindergarten

Jul. 25, 2019  |  Client Alerts

Almost Cut My Hair

Jul. 24, 2019  |  Client Alerts

ICE Targets Over 3,000 Businesses for I-9 Audits

Jul. 24, 2019  |  Client Alerts

EEOC Pay Data Report Portal Now Open

On July 15, 2019 the portal for submission of EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Reporting…

Jul. 23, 2019  |  Client Alerts

California Supreme Court to Determine Whether “Dynamex” Decision Applies Retroactively

As you may have read in our Client Alert from May 23, 2019, in Vazquez…

Jul. 17, 2019  |  Client Alerts

Pittsburgh Paid Sick Leave Given Green Light By Pennsylvania Supreme Court

On July 17, 2019, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has overturned lower court decisions and held that…

Jul. 12, 2019  |  Client Alerts

Non-Compliant Pay Stubs May Cost California Employers a Fortune

It is no secret that California employers are wading through choppy waters when it comes…

Jul. 1, 2019  |  Client Alerts

Minimum Wage Increases July 1, 2019

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