Labor & Employment

Health Care employment lawyers provide advice to healthcare employers throughout the country. The firm is experienced in representing public and private, as well as nonprofit and for profit, healthcare organizations in all facets of employment law. Our knowledge of the healthcare industry enables us to quickly understand and help solve the unique problems and concerns affecting the health care industry. The firm's employment lawyers also defend healthcare employers in single plaintiff and class action discrimination, wrongful termination, wage and hour, and unfair competition lawsuits. They regularly represent employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, local and state anti-discrimination agencies, and other federal and state agencies which regulate employers, such as OSHA, the Department of Labor, or state agencies. The firm also advises healthcare employers on:

• Personnel policies and handbooks
• Conducts training sessions for healthcare human resources professionals and managers
• Audits employer compliance with the wage and hour laws Assists with layoffs and reorganizations
• Provides cost effective counsel on other employment-related matters.  

The firm's traditional labor lawyers also provide strategic advice, counsel and representation of healthcare organizations in response to union organizing campaigns and representation (e.g., union) election proceedings, help negotiate and administer collective bargaining agreements, assist nonunion employers to maintain a union-free work force, and defend unfair labor practice charges. We regularly represent healthcare organizations before the NLRB and state labor boards on labor relations matters. Our traditional labor lawyers have considerable experience with strike planning and prevention.  

Contact:

Spencer A. Kinderman