Labor & Employment
Our labor and employment attorneys work closely with our clients to prevent liability and litigation by providing practical, preventative counseling on labor and employment issues. When litigation does arise, we provide our clients with a vigorous, thorough defense, aimed at achieving a positive, cost-effective result.
Advising and Counseling
We advise employers in day-to-day personnel practices and employee relations, including discrimination and harassment issues, union matters, layoffs and facility closures, disability and religious accommodation issues, interpreting and applying employment policies and legal requirements for specific personnel decisions, conducting and supervising internal investigations, counseling on appropriate actions to minimize the risk of liability, coordinating workers' compensation issues with state and federal disability laws, and negotiating and preparing employee handbooks, employment contracts and separation, non-disclosure, trade secret, non-solicitation, and non-compete agreements.
Employment Litigation
We defend employers in wrongful discharge, harassment, discrimination, contract, tort and other employment-related claims, in federal and state trial and appellate courts. We also represent clients in actions regarding the enforcement and enforceability of non-disclosure, trade secret, non-solicitation and non-compete agreements.
Labor-Management Relations
We represent employers in unfair labor practice proceedings and representation hearings. We also work with employers on union issues, the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, contract administration, and arbitrations.
Employment Discrimination
We work with our clients to develop policies and practices to prevent employment discrimination and harassment and to strengthen our clients' defenses to employment discrimination and harassment claims.
Workers' Compensation
We represent employers who are insured through private carriers, the Ohio State Fund, as well as employers who are self-insured under the workers' compensation laws, in connection with claims, hearings, jury trials, and appeals resulting from work-related injuries and occupational diseases.
Wage and Hour Matters
We provide day-to-day advice, policy reviews and other services related to wage and hour issues. We also defend claims arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act and other federal and state wage and hour laws and regulations.
Unemployment Benefits
We represent employers in planning personnel actions to minimize unemployment taxes and assessments and in defending claims for benefits in administrative proceedings and court appeals.
OSHA
We counsel employers about preventive practices and contesting safety citations and penalties, and represent businesses in administrative and judicial proceedings.