Practice Areas: Labor & Employment

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Conflicts in labor-management relations can cripple any company. We know the key is to take a proactive approach. It requires foresight, experience, and a close relationship between management and counsel such as McGuireWoods’ Labor & Employment lawyers bring to the table.

This multi-disciplinary group comprises some 80 attorneys, including a recent member of the National Labor Relations Board, a former Regional Director for the National Labor Relations Board, and two former union organizers.

Our clients can expect unsurpassed representation in all aspects of traditional labor law, including:

• Union avoidance
• Client assistance during unionization campaigns
• Representation of companies with existing unions
• Strike or boycott management
• Unfair Labor Practice proceedings

That size and depth of experience pays off in every aspect of employment law. Take immigration as a single example: Unlike firms that deal exclusively with immigration law, we offer a wider perspective.

Employers must comply with employment, labor and anti-discrimination as well as immigration laws in preparing submissions to the Departments of Homeland Security, Labor or State, or in setting up and running employment verification programs. Companies must know that the Export Administration Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and other laws limit foreign national employees’ access to sensitive technology. Foreign clients seeking visas to start or acquire U.S.-based businesses need corporate and tax assistance.

Our clients have come to rely on our innovative methods for handling employment-related anti-discrimination and wage & hour matters—providing interpretive guidance and reviewing personnel forms, policies and procedures; preparing affirmative action plans and policies; training supervisors; and suggesting ways to reduce the risks of discrimination charges and litigation in the first place. Should a situation come to trial, we are ready: Although we obtain summary judgment in many cases, we are seasoned trial lawyers, having won defense verdicts in jurisdictions across the nation.

Not surprisingly, our caseload has been impressive. Ours is a long and successful history in defending major class actions and complex litigation. We have handled some 9,000 EEOC charges, hundreds with on-site investigations and litigated more than 3,700 Title VII, ADA, ADEA and FMLA cases.

Our general areas of service include:

Employee Benefits/Executive Compensation Litigation
Employment Discrimination
Government Compliance
Labor-Management Relations
Non-competition Matters
Wrongful Discharge