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Post & Schell's national Employment & Employee Relations Group provides consulting and litigation services to employers and management in all aspects of employment law. Our attorneys have actively litigated employment suits nationally as lead trial counsel, in numerous states including Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, Ohio, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. In addition to their representation of clients before state and federal courts and state and federal administrative agencies, our Employment & Employee Relations attorneys regularly provide consulting and risk management services with regard to a broad spectrum of work-place matters.
Our attorneys provide advice, counsel and representation to employers in all aspects of employment law including issues relating to and claims brought pursuant to the following statutes:
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991
- The Americans with Disabilities Act
- The Age Discrimination in Employment Act
- The Older Worker Benefit Protection Act
- The Family and Medical Leave Act and state family leave statutes
- The Equal Pay Act
- The Pennsylvania Equal Pay Act
- The Rehabilitation Act
- Civil rights statutes including 42 U.S.C. ยงยง1981, 1983 and 1985
- The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act and other state human relations statutes
- The Fair Labor Standards Act
- The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- The Pregnancy Discrimination Act
- The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
- The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
- The Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law, the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act, and other state wage and hour laws
- The Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law and other state whistleblower laws
- Pennsylvania Uniform Trade Secrets Act and other state trade secrets laws
- Post-trial and Appellate Employment Litigation
In addition to defending federal and state statutory claims, along with employment-related tort and contract claims, in state and federal courts, our employment law attorneys also represent employers before administrative agencies in the following contexts:
- Administrative law before the EEOC and various state human relations commissions
- Administrative law before state unemployment compensation authorities
In terms of employment and employee relations, the attorneys in our Employment & Employee Relations Group regularly provide advice, counsel and representation with respect to a wide array of issues, such as the following:
- The drafting and interpretation of employee handbooks/manuals
- Formulating, drafting and interpreting human resources policies and procedures
- Employee privacy/individual employee right issues
- Federal and state statutory/regulatory compliance
- Conducting internal investigations/responding to complaints of discrimination, including the investigation of and response to complaints of harassment including sexual harassment
- Conducting training concerning discrimination, sexual harassment, harassment generally and retaliation, as well as labor relations, including union avoidance
- Employee disciplinary, compensation and termination issues
- Drafting appropriate releases and separation agreements in connection with employee departures
- Drug testing
- Wage and hour issues
- Reductions in force and downsizing issues
- Drafting, interpreting, and litigating employment contracts, covenants not-to-compete, and confidentiality and non-solicitation agreements
- Litigating claims arising from the theft or threatened theft of trade secrets
- Providing advice and counsel regarding the interplay of the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and state workers' compensation laws
- Providing advice and counsel with respect to employee return to work issues
- Responding to requests for references and handling prospective employer inquiries
- Maintenance, retention and access to personnel and medical files and records
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