It is increasingly difficult to predict when your organization will be threatened with a labor or employment issue. Employees can file a variety of charges and suits from discrimination, harassment and retaliation to breach of contract to tort law violations. The laws granting protection and rights to employees are complex and expanding. Existing labor agreements and employee issues can impede growth by stalling merger and acquisition negotiations. Unions can resist outsourcing aimed at reducing costs. Downsizing can create risks when protected classes of employees lose their jobs. Valued employees can contest restrictive covenants, “jump ship” and move to a competitor – along with key customers, proprietary information and other intellectual property. When employment issues arise, employers need “good reflexes” to react swiftly and surely, confident that they are on solid legal and strategic ground.

Many businesses choose our proactive approach to managing labor and employment risks. Clients view our labor and employment attorneys as valued business allies who are always available to offer pragmatic advice. They rely on our ability to identify and minimize risks before they become costly problems. But when difficult issues do arise, our clients benefit from our detailed knowledge of their businesses, our decades of experience as negotiators, problem solvers and litigators and the broad interdisciplinary resources at our disposal that enable us to view legal issues from all angles.

NGE has built a thriving national labor and employment practice by helping clients navigate complex and delicate issues. We advise companies – public and private, large and small, for profit and not-for-profit – in a broad range of industries. Whether working with management teams to encourage a union-free environment, litigating employment-related claims, developing effective employment policies, advising on legal risks and liabilities or negotiating contracts, we bring to each matter sound business instincts, a best-practices approach, creative thinking and a bias toward efficient and practical solutions.

Neal Gerber Eisenberg is recognized as a leading law firm in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (recommended in “Labor & Employment: Mainly Defendant”).

The areas of our Labor and Employment practice include:

• Employment litigation
• Wage and hour matters
• Non-compete agreements and related litigation
• Unionized and union-free management strategies
• Union contract negotiations and administration
• Corporate transactions
• Employment agreements
• Employment counseling
• Employment policies
• Supervisor and employee training