Labor and Employment

The Firm's Labor and Employment Group has experience in counseling and representing a wide variety of public and private sector clients, including manufacturing companies, retail stores, utilities, hospitals, health care and other professional services providers, airlines, educational institutions, state regulated agencies and commissions. The Group consists of attorneys who are experienced in employment practices and workers' compensation.

Our attorneys handling workers' compensation matters represent both large self-insured entities and private insurance companies, with experience litigating the entire spectrum of claims under Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Disease Acts, as well as unemployment compensation matters. We understand the complicated interplay between workers’ compensation and employment law, and ensure that our clients’ global interests are taken into account when litigating and resolving claims.

Our attorneys handling employment practices matters counsel client on day-to-day workplace issues, ranging from termination scenarios to ensuring that employee handbooks are well drafted and contain essential provisions. We have experience handling cases before state and federal administrative agencies, including the EEOC and PHRC, as well as litigating cases involving Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, and civil rights claims.

Our Labor & Employment attorneys represent clients in a variety of matters, including:
•discrimination and harassment;
•EEOC and civil rights litigation;
•PHRC complaints;
•NJ LAD claims;
•hiring, firing, and disciplining employees;
•employer policies, including employee manuals, FMLA, substance abuse, privacy & HIPAA;
•training in FMLA and ADA compliance, sexual harassment, and other employee topics;
•wage and hour issues;
•unemployment compensation claims;
•wrongful discharge and at-will disputes;
•retaliatory discharge in the context of workers’ compensation, Title VII and whistleblowing;
•workers’ compensation matters, including hearing loss, disfigurement, occupational disease, and psychiatric claims;
•workers’ compensation risk management, including coverage, panel lists, rights and duties notices, and proper use of Bureau forms;
•subrogation;
•separation agreements;
•restrictive covenants and trade secret agreements; and
•employment and compensation agreements.