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A snapshot of how we help guide a few of our clients across their human capital universe
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Hospitality
A REGIONAL FRANCHISEE OF MORE THAN 100 BRAND RESTAURANTS
For more than seven years, our team has served as this hospitality company’s primary labor and employment counsel on a wide variety of matters, such as:
Middle-market companies
Hospitality
Health Care
Real Estate
A FAST-GROWING PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Since the company’s inception in 2017, we have handled a multitude of labor and employment matters, such as:
Cannabis
Employment termination and potential litigation
Dispute relating to possible workers compensation fraud
Employment dispute negotiations
Wage and hour matters in multiple states
Discrimination charges
Reduction-in-force consulting
Employee handbook reviews and revision
Insurance
Defense of COVID-19 errors and omissions (E&O) claim against insurance broker
Defense of insurance broker lawsuits
Compensation disputes
Issues with departing employees
Breach of employment agreements
Employment obligations
Wage and hour matters
EEOC/discrimination claims
Non-compete/unfair competition/trade secrets matters
Real Estate
Cannabis
Insurance
Small businesses with less than 100 employees
Closely held family businesses
Nonprofit organizations
Academic institutions
Sole proprietors
Entrepreneurs
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Labor and Employment Team Members by State
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
New Biden Administration
Labor Policies
Medical and Recreational Cannabis
The COVID-19
Pandemic
WE'RE ADVISING ON:
Employee handbook revisions, including policies accounting for medical cannabis use, medical marijuana cardholder accommodations and related disputes.
For an interactive look at all of our Cannabis Law services, click here.
WE'RE PRESENTING ON:
Labor & Employment Executive Series Bonus Session: OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard
The Labor & Employment Group’s Annual Executive Series: From COVID-19 to Concerted Activities – What Employers Need to Know Right Now
WE'RE ADVISING ON:
Back-to-office policies, vaccination and accommodation issues, and union activity.
WE'RE PRESENTING ON:
Labor and Employment Law Annual Executive Series, October 19, 2022
WE'RE ADVISING ON:
New policies coming out of the Department of Labor (DOL), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), e.g. overtime, recall rights, severance obligations, sexual orientation and gender identity, business protection agreements, arbitration rules, and executive compensation.
WE'RE AUTHORING CONTENT ON:
FTC Proposes Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements Nationwide
NLRB Gives Workers and Unions an Early Holiday Gift with Four Significant Pro-Employee Decisions
President Biden Signs Law Limiting Enforceability Of Non-Disclosure Agreements In Sexual Harassment/Assault Claims
WE'RE PRESENTING ON:
Rauls and Koblin to Lead DEI Training for Jersey Shore Association for Human Resources
WE'RE ADVISING ON:
DEI labor practices and policies, including addressing pay equity and reshaping diversity and inclusion efforts in order to attract and retain talented, diverse workers who left the workforce in droves during the pandemic.
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Minnesota CROWN Act Prohibits Discrimination Based on Traits Associated with Race, Including Hair
New Year, New Lactation Accommodation Laws
MANAGING
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KEY GOALS
RESOLVING
CLAIMS
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DISPUTES
REACHING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
PROTECTING ASSETS
LEGAL HR — COUNSELING, COMpLIANCE, AUDITS & INVESTIGATIONS
Regulatory compliance and internal and external investigations under federal, state and local statutes, laws and ordinances, including sexual harassment, whistleblower and retaliation issues
Workplace policies, practices and procedures, including medical marijuana and drug testing, paid sick leave, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Employee handbooks and policy manuals
In–house training
Affirmative Action Plans and audits
Wage and hour audits
Security, risk management and privacy
Downsizing, mass layoffs and reductions in force
Employee benefits and executive compensation, including Affordable Care Act compliance consulting
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Labor and Employment Litigation
Employment and disability discrimination (e.g., under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Title VII), the Title IX of the Education Amendments Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Equal Pay Act, and state and local laws)
Harassment and retaliation
Wage and hour violations
Wage and hour class actions
Restrictive covenants, trade secrets and unfair competition
Plant closings and reductions in force
Class and collective actions
Wrongful discharge claims
Whistleblower claims
Breach of contract
Arbitration and challenges to arbitration programs
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Labor Relations
Union organizing
Collective bargaining
Grievance and arbitration
Strikes and lockouts
Unfair labor practice charges
Practice before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), public employee relations boards and courts
Joint labor management committees
Apprenticeship training programs
Jointly trusteed benefit plans and withdrawal liability
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Restrictive Covenants & Trade
Secret Litigation
Non-competition, non-solicitation and
non-disclosure agreements
Restrictive covenants
Trade secrets
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From a global pandemic to equal pay, substantive issues greatly impact today’s workforces. Our attorneys are entrenched in counseling employers,
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A NATIONAL LEADER IN HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS
We are this health care company’s go-to law firm for all employment counseling, compliance and litigation across the country, handling various matters over the course of more than five years, such as:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges
Discrimination and retaliation, including a case involving race discrimination claims
Non-compete policy development and defense in litigation
Civil rights complaint
Reductions in force, hiring, severance policies and wrongful termination claims
Investigations, including a U.S. Department of Labor Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) audit
Employment defamation and termination dispute
Independent contractors status reviews
Corporate policies and procedures reviews
Development of discrimination compliant policies
Training on ADA, FMLA, paid sick leave and COVID-19 leave
Wage and hour class action litigation
Harassment, discrimination and retaliation claims and litigation, including cases brought by the EEOC
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) claims and litigation
Wage and hour claims and litigation
Pay equity analysis
General human resources and employment counseling
Litigation involving a state’s sick pay law
Potential whistleblower claim
Wrongful termination claims
Hostile work environment claims
Anti-harassment training
Management training
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EEOC charges and associated litigation
Internal investigations, including for potential harassment
Reduction-in-force consulting
Sexual harassment and management training
Employee handbook reviews and revisions
Employment procedures review
Temporary worker policy consulting
Employment restructuring
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act consulting
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A LEADING NORTH AMERICAN CANNABIS OPERATOR
Throughout the past few years, we have advised this cannabis operator on numerous labor and employment matters, such as:
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A GLOBAL INSURANCE BROKER
For more than 20 years, we have been this insurance broker’s trusted legal advisor across a myriad of human capital issues and operations in areas such as:
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California
Jessica Bradley, Partner
Joseph Holmes, Associate
Kenneth Jones, Partner
Teresa Tracy, Counsel
District of Columbia
Robert Duston, Partner
Paul Heylman, Of Counsel
Henry Platt, Partner
Ira Shepard, Of Counsel
Florida
Cynthia Gomez, Counsel (Miami)
Illinois
Alexander Reich, Associate
Jason Tremblay, Partner
Maryland
Daniel Altchek, Partner
Harriet Cooperman, Partner
Gary Eidelman, Partner
Kaitlin Paddy, Associate
Mark Simanowith, Partner
Massachusetts
Zachary Berk, Partner
Jacob Tosti, Associate
Minnesota
Steven Kerbaugh, Partner
Kayla Kienzle, Associate
New Jersey
Mark Nehme, Associate (Newark)
Ruth Rauls, Partner (Princeton)
New York
Daniel Altchek, Partner
Erik Pramschufer, Associate
Ira Shepard, Of Counsel
Pennsylvania (all in Philadelphia)
Lisa Koblin, Partner
Carolyn Pellegrini, Partner
A legal team for all types of employers — both domestically and internationally
Entrepreneurs
Sole proprietors
Academic institutions
Nonprofit organizations
Closely held family businesses
Small businesses with less than 100 employees
Middle-market companies
Publically traded companies with tens of thousands of employeees
LEGAL HR — COUNSELING, COMpLIANCE, AUDITS & INVESTIGATIONS
Regulatory compliance and internal and external investigations under federal, state and local statutes, laws and ordinances, including sexual harassment, whistleblower and retaliation issues
Workplace policies, practices and procedures, including medical marijuana and drug testing, paid sick leave, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA
Employee handbooks and policy manuals
In–house training
Affirmative Action Plans and audits
Wage and hour audits
Security, risk management and privacy
Downsizing, mass layoffs and reductions in force
Employee benefits and executive compensation, including Affordable Care Act compliance consulting
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Labor and Employment Litigation
Employment and disability discrimination (e.g., under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Title VII), the Title IX of the Education Amendments Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Equal Pay Act, and state and local laws)
Harassment and retaliation
Wage and hour violations
Wage and hour class actions
Restrictive covenants, trade secrets and unfair competition
Plant closings and reductions in force
Class and collective actions
Wrongful discharge claims
Whistleblower claims
Breach of contract
Arbitration and challenges to arbitration programs
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Labor Relations
Union organizing
Collective bargaining
Grievance and arbitration
Strikes and lockouts
Unfair labor practice charges
Practice before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), public employee relations boards and courts
Joint labor management committees
Apprenticeship training programs
Jointly trusteed benefit plans and withdrawal liability
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Restrictive Covenants & Trade
Secret Litigation
Non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements
Restrictive covenants
Trade secrets
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MANAGE
RISK
KEY GOALS
RESOLVE
CLAIMS
AND
DISPUTES
REACH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS
PROTECT
ASSETS
Addressing employers' goals across a wide spectrum — from routine operations to complex challenges
CLICK ON the sections to explore
Advising
Authoring
Presenting
WE'RE PRESENTING ON:
The Fundamentals of Effective Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives
WE'RE ADVISING ON:
DEI labor practices and policies, including addressing pay equity and reshaping diversity and inclusion efforts in order to attract and retain talented, diverse workers who left the workforce in droves during the pandemic.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
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OSHA Announces New National Emphasis Program (NEP) to Protect High-Risk Workers From COVID-19
Employers Get Ready - OSHA Issues 16 New Recommendations for Employers
WE'RE ADVISING ON:
New policies coming out of the Department of Labor (DOL), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), e.g. overtime, recall rights, severance obligations, sexual orientation and gender identity, business protection agreements, arbitration rules, and executive compensation.
New Biden Administration Labor Policies
WE'RE PRESENTING ON:
Rauls to Participate as Speaker during 2022 Rowan University Cannabis Forum
Our labor and employment attorneys have provided trainings and counsel on the topic of employee handbook ‘dos and don’ts’, including employee policy recommendations on medical and recreational cannabis.
WE'RE ADVISING ON:
Employee handbook revisions, including policies accounting for medical cannabis use, medical marijuana cardholder accommodations and related disputes.
For an interactive look at all of our Cannabis Law services, click here.
Medical and Recreational Cannabis
Skilled legal advice on timely issues
From a global pandemic to equal pay, substantive issues greatly impact today’s workforces. Our attorneys are entrenched in counseling employers, including in the spotlight areas below.
See Our Work Here
A GLOBAL INSURANCE BROKER
For more than 20 years, we have been this insurance broker’s trusted legal advisor across a myriad of human capital issues and operations.
Insurance
See Our Work Here
A LEADING NORTH AMERICAN CANNABIS OPERATOR
Throughout the past few years, we have advised this cannabis operator on numerous labor and employment matters.
Cannabis
See Our Work Here
A FAST-GROWING PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Since the company’s inception in 2017, we have handled a multitude of labor and employment matters.
Real Estate
See Our Work Here
A REGIONAL FRANCHISEE OF MORE THAN 100 BRAND RESTAURANTS
For more than seven years, our team has served as this hospitality company’s primary labor and employment counsel on a wide variety of matters.
Hospitality
See Our Work Here
A NATIONAL LEADER IN HEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS
We are this health care company’s go-to law firm for all employment counseling, compliance and litigation across the country, handling various matters over the course of more than five years.
Health Care
A snapshot of how we help guide a few of our clients across their human capital universe
Defense of COVID-19 errors and omissions (E&O) claim against insurance broker
Defense of insurance broker lawsuits
Compensation disputes
Issues with departing employees
Breach of employment agreements
Employment obligations
Wage and hour matters
EEOC/discrimination claims
Non-compete/unfair competition/trade secrets matters
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Our work for this insurance broker includes:
Insurance
Employment termination and potential litigation
Dispute relating to possible workers compensation fraud
Employment dispute negotiations
Wage and hour matters in multiple states
Discrimination charges
Reduction-in-force consulting
Employee handbook reviews and revision
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Our work for this cannabis operator includes:
Cannabis
EEOC charges and associated litigation
Internal investigations, including for potential harassment
Reduction-in-force consulting
Sexual harassment and management training
Employee handbook reviews and revisions
Employment procedures review
Temporary worker policy consulting
Employment restructuring
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act consulting
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Our work for this property management company includes:
Real Estate
Wage and hour class action litigation
Harassment, discrimination and retaliation claims and litigation, including cases brought by the EEOC
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) claims and litigation
Wage and hour claims and litigation
Pay equity analysis
General human resources and employment counseling
Litigation involving a state’s sick pay law
Potential whistleblower claim
Wrongful termination claims
Hostile work environment claims
Anti-harassment training
Management training
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Our work for this hospitality company includes:
Hospitality
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges
Discrimination and retaliation, including a case involving race discrimination claims
Non-compete policy development and defense in litigation
Civil rights complaint
Reductions in force, hiring, severance policies and wrongful termination claims
Investigations, including a U.S. Department of Labor Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) audit
Employment defamation and termination dispute
Independent contractors status reviews
Corporate policies and procedures reviews
Development of discrimination compliant policies
Training on ADA, FMLA, paid sick leave and COVID-19 leave
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Our work for this health care company includes:
Health Care
Corporate Structuring & Transactions
Regulatory
Tax
Real Estate
Environmental
Intellectual Property
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Labor & Employment
Dena Calo (Philadelphia)
Harriet Cooperman (Baltimore)
Lisa Koblin (Philadelphia)
Ruth Rauls (Princeton)
Antoinette Theodossakos (West Palm Beach)
Jason Tremblay (Chicago)
Labor & Employment
Labor & Employment
Alireza Behrooz (Washington, D.C.)
Justin Crotty (Washington, D.C.)
Sherry Flax (Baltimore)
Domingos Silva (Philadelphia)
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property
Andrew Bockis (Harrisburg)
Thomas Prevas (Baltimore)
Environmental
Environmental
Luis Flores (Miami)
Jeffrey Friedman (Chicago)
James Goodrich (Baltimore)
Igor Pleskov (Philadelphia)
David Yontz (Chicago)
Real Estate
Real Estate
Daniel Berman (Philadelphia)
Adam Fayne (Chicago)
Stanley Kull (Philadelphia)
David Shapiro (Philadelphia)
Tax
Tax
David Berk (Pittsburgh)
Seth Gitner (Washington, D.C.)
Jonathan Havens (Washington, D.C./Baltimore)*
Ruth Rauls (Princeton)
Regulatory
Regulatory
Marc Adesso (Chicago)
Howard Berrington (Chicago)
Maxwell Bremer (Minneapolis)
Jacqueline Brooks (Baltimore)
Adam Fayne (Chicago)*
Patricia Varona Garcia (Chicago)
Richard Leigh (Harrisburg)
Robert Mascioli (Chesterbrook, PA)
Julian Montero (Miami)
Eric Orlinsky (Baltimore)
Guzel Sadykova (Philadelphia)
Nicholas Stewart (Baltimore)
Corporate Structuring & Transactions
Corporate Structuring & Transactions
Daniel Altchek, Partner
Harriet Cooperman, Partner
Gary Eidelman, Partner
Erik Pramschufer, Associate
Mark Simanowith, Partner
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
WE'RE AUTHORING CONTENT ON:
New EEOC Guidance Requires Employers To Think Twice Before Asking Employees To Swab On The Job
Philadelphia Employers Must Now Offer Paid COVID Sick Leave Through December 2023
What's Next for Employers After the SCOTUS' Decisions on the OSHA ETS Mandate and the CMS Rule?
EEOC Files First Lawsuit Against Employer for Failing to Accommodate Work Request due to COVID-19
Guidelines for the Return to Office - Part 1: How to Handle Masking Under New and Evolving CDC Guidance
Will Women Regain Ground Lost During The Pandemic?
WE'RE AUTHORING CONTENT ON:
EEOC Issues Guidance on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination
What Employers Need to Know About the DOL’s Changing Positions on Who is an Independent Contractor
EEOC Set to Resume EEO-1 Data Collection as Workplaces Begin to Normalize
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WE'RE AUTHORING CONTENT ON:
A New Normal for Cannabis Industry Safety Requirements as OSHA Enters the Industry
New Jersey Issues Guidance on Evaluating Cannabis Impairment in Employees
WE'RE PRESENTING ON:
Rauls to Participate as Speaker during 2022 Rowan University Cannabis Forum
Our labor and employment attorneys have provided trainings and counsel on the topic of employee handbook ‘dos and don’ts’, including employee policy recommendations on medical and recreational cannabis.
WE'RE PRESENTING ON:
Creating Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) Compliance Strategies that Work
What to Expect in Labor and Employment Law Under the Biden Administration
Labor & Employment Group Attorneys Present a Four-Part Webinar Series on the Lifecycle of an Employee: (1) Hiring and Recruiting, (2) Discipline and Performance Management, (3) Employee Leave, (4) Termination (June – September, 2021
WE'RE AUTHORING CONTENT ON:
New York State and the City of Philadelphia Move to Prohibit Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing
New York's New Adult-Use Cannabis Law Brings With It Immediate Action Items for Employers
New Jersey Cannabis Program Off to the Races - Cannabis Regulatory Commission Holds First Meeting and the Clock Starts for Adult-Use Cannabis Sales
WE'RE AUTHORING CONTENT ON:
EEOC Issues Guidance on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination
Crown Day & Crown Laws Update
See all of our latest insights on these topics and more here.
Medical & Recreational Cannabis
Recruitment
& Retention
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Labor
Unions
Workplace Misconduct
New Biden Administration Labor Policies
Skilled legal advice on timely issues
From workplace misconduct to equal pay, substantive issues greatly impact today’s workforces. Our attorneys are entrenched in counseling employers on a variety of areas, including the selection below.
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See all of our latest insights on these topics and more here.
Medical & Recreational Cannabis
Recruitment
& Retention
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Labor
Unions
Workplace Misconduct
New Federal Labor Policies
Skilled legal advice on timely issues
From workplace misconduct to equal pay, substantive issues greatly impact today’s workforces. Our attorneys are entrenched in counseling employers on a variety of areas, including the selection below.
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Andrew Daly (Minneapolis)
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
District of Columbia
District of Columbia
District of Columbia
Robert Duston, Partner
Paul Heylman, Partner
Ashley Miller, Counsel
Henry Platt, Partner
Ira Shepard, Counsel