Labor & Employment Law

We provide comprehensive legal counsel to our clients on a range of employment and labor issues.

Preventive Counseling

We have daily contact with business owners and human resources professionals to review personnel issues and ensure compliance with applicable law. We routinely prepare and review employee handbooks and policies and procedures manuals. We also offer insight and training to supervisors to help them confront tough workplace issues.

Litigation

We have experience defending a wide variety of employment litigation matters in both state and federal court, including:

Discrimination claims
Wage and overtime claims
Wrongful discharge claims
Retaliation claims

We also have extensive experience litigating claims involving non-competition agreements and the misappropriation of trade secrets.

Administrative Claims

We defend companies and supervisors before the EEOC, the Department of Labor, OSHA, and the Ohio Civil Rights Commission on discrimination, workplace safety and related claims.

Union Organizing Campaigns

We work with employers faced with union organizing drives. We can offer insight and training on how to communicate with employees effectively and within the law when a union seeks to organize. We also represent employers once a petition for certification of a union or a petition for decertification of a union is filed with the NLRB.

Collective Bargaining Agreements

We represent both public and private employers in the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements. We also handle the arbitration of disputes arising from collective bargaining agreements.

Unfair Labor Practice Charges

We represent public and private employers before the NLRB and Ohio agencies on unfair labor practice charges.

Wage & Hour

With the ever-changing workplace environment, employees can find themselves routinely exceeding 40-hour work weeks. Determining whether or not overtime pay is required in such circumstances is a complicated legal question that our attorneys are equipped to answer.