Hall & Gooden LLP

Labor & Employment

Hall & Gooden LLP’s labor and employment law services range from counseling on federal and state statutory compliance and maintaining non-union status, to collective bargaining and defense of complex litigation.  We are focused on helping employers solve difficult employee issues and resolve disputes before they ever rise to the level of a lawsuit or a union organizing drive.  Moreover, we believe that success is often times accomplished when battle is avoided, so we routinely provide preventative counseling for employers – big and small, public and private – on matters such as drafting and reviewing personnel policies, FMLA leave administration, the interplay between the FMLA, ADA, and workers’ compensation laws, the handling of troublesome terminations, and preserving union-free status.  While we counsel our clients for proactive compliance, we also represent them in both judicial and administrative settings addressing a plethora of state and federal legal issues.

Our labor and employment attorneys regularly provide representation in matters such as employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, and sexual harassment. The following is a list of areas in which our attorneys are available to provide litigation and non-litigation assistance:

• Employment agreements
• Employment discrimination
• Equal Pay Act
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Fair Credit Reporting Act
• Family Medical Leave Act 
• Age discrimination
• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
• Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution proceedings
• Class-action litigation
• Collective bargaining
• Constructive discharge
• Contract disputes
• Drug testing
• State unemployment claims
• Labor-management relations
• Management training and development

• Negligent hiring/retention
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration
• Restrictive covenants and trade secrets
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Sexual discrimination/harassment
• Title VII (Civil Rights Act)
• Unemployment
• Union election campaigns and proceedings
• Unfair labor practices proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board
• Wage and hour
• Whistle blower issues
• Workers’ compensation
• Workplace privacy and communication
• Wrongful termination
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