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Employment Claims and Labor Relations

We help companies prevent and, when required, defend against the ever-increasing array of claims that employees and government agencies bring against employers. Our attorneys have decades of experience in employment law matters.

Just by way of example:

  • We have substantial experience in defending and preventing claims that allege sexual harassment, overtime violations, unlawful discrimination, retaliation, and ADA, FMLA and OSHA issues.
  • We perform “legal audits” to uncover our clients’ employment practices vulnerabilities, and we design and implement policies and procedures that respond to these needs, ranging from employee handbooks to management protocols.
  • We serve as general counsel to the MidAtlantic Employers’ Association, an organization of over 700 companies. We train their members in employment and business best practices, provide them with educational materials, and staff an “attorney hotline” where members can call to obtain quick answers to employment practices and business questions.
  • We regularly train executives, managers and supervisors at a variety of large, small, local and national companies in the art of avoiding employment practices liabilities. Many companies, trade associations and professional organizations engage us as featured speakers on these and related topics.
  • We are regularly retained to defend employment practices claims covered under various employment practices liability, directorsand officers, and errorsand omissions insurance policies, and we serve as monitoring counsel on behalf of insurance carriers and third party administrators involved in the defense of these claims.
  • We negotiate and draft sophisticated employment agreements, including compensation, non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure, and intellectual property provisions.

See the PROBLEMS PREVENTED AND SOLVED section of the website for specific examples of our work in the employment law field.

In addition, we are regularly engaged to present seminars to businesses seeking our “take” on the employment law issues that are of the greatest concern. Some recent examples of seminars we presented:

  • The EFCA Threat: How to Stay Non-Union…Before It’s Too Late
  • The Times They Are A-Changin’: What Employers Need to Know, Right Now
  • What Employers Should Expect from the Obama Administration and the New Congress
  • How the Recession Changes the Employer versus Employee War… And What to Do About It
  • The HR Toolkit: Six Ways to Save Money and Avoid Lawyers
  • Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide: The ADAAA, FMLA, Workers’ Comp, and OSHA
  • FMLA, ADAAA and Workers’ Compensation: The Fearsome Threesome
  • Hostile Work Environment and Harassment Claim: What They Are and How to Prevent Them…Before It’s Too Late
  • The Discrimination Onslaught: How Not to Get Sued for $500,000
Problems Prevented and Solved

Negotiation of a multi-million dollar statewide strategic sourcing contract - read more

Successful resolution of shareholder buy/sell claim - read more

Acquisition of industrial property requiring environmental remediation - read more

Successful defense of electrical product manufacturer - read more

Defense verdict in favor of lift manufacturer - read more

Representation of company in the negotiation and drafting of executive employment agreements - read more

Acquisition, financing and development of manufacturing facility - read more

Defense verdict for accounting firm in "deepening insolvency" case - read more

Successful enforcement of covenant not to compete - read more

Successful defense of computer hardware manufacturer - read more

Successful settlement in favor of architect on highway design claim - read more

Successful negotiation with the IRS to eliminate mounting interest and penalties for estate heirs - read more

Successful resolution of claim by business buyer against business seller - read more

Successful defense of employee's pregnancy discrimination and family leave act claims - read more

Successful resolution of sexual harassment claim - read more

Successful defense of unfair competition action - read more

Successful resolution of gender and race discrimination claim - read more

Six-figure settlement for manufacturing firm against consultants - read more

Examples of "preventive law" advice provided to clients - read more

Successful resolution of multi-million dollar hotel water intrusion/mold growth claim - read more

Successful resolution of a deficient design claim for a designer and construction manager of a warehouse distribution facility - read more

$37 million verdict in contractor/municipality dispute - read more

Successful defense in architectural malpractice claim involving medical facility - read more

Representation of numerous companies in structuring reductions in force - read more

Creation of ESOP as part of founder's succession plan - read more

Defense verdict in whistleblower/wrongful termination claim - read more

Successful resolution of quadriplegia personal injury claim against college - read more

Representation of retail distributor in acquisition of store locations - read more

Successful settlement of action against architect in multi-phase condominium project - read more

Successful representation of design professional in historic building damage claim - read more

Updating estate planning documents reveals major flaws - read more

Successful settlement of architectural malpractice claim in roof collapse case - read more

Successful resolution of claim against architectural firm involving design of concert hall - read more

Creative estate tax planning for the owner of a Subchapter S Corporation - read more

Representation of manufacturing entity in asset-based lending transaction - read more

Negotiation and finalization of software transfer transaction - read more

Contact Us

475 Allendale Road, Suite 200
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Phone: 610-354-9700
Fax: 610-354-9760
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1814 East Route 70, Suite 350
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Phone:856-663-0021
Fax: 856-663-1590
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114 North Second Street
5th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Phone: 717-238-9300
Fax: 717-238-9325
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651 Holiday Drive
Foster Plaza 5, Suite 300
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
Phone: 412-250-2632
Fax: 412-250-4804
Directions to Pittsburgh Office
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