Abbott Nicholson provides specialized legal representation in a wide variety of labor and employment matters. Our attorneys are well experienced in all areas of labor and employment law including:

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
• American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Bullard-Plawecki Employee Right to Know Act
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Elliot-Larson Civil Rights Act (ELCRA)
• Equal Pay Act (EPA)
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Immigration Reform & Control Act (IRCA)
• Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act (PDCRA)
• Public Employees Relations Act (PERA)
• Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)

 
In the area of employment law, our attorneys provide employers counseling in:

• Affirmative action plans
• Compliance with nondiscrimination and equal employment opportunity (EEO) practices
• Contingent, temporary, and leased employees
• Evaluation and development of policies, procedures, and practices
• Preparation and review of employment manuals and agreements
• Employee benefits
• Occupational safety and health matters
• Compliance with and administration of FMLA or other leaves of absences
• Compliance with HIPAA and other health-related laws
• Discrimination and accommodation issues under the ADA
• Employment contracts, including confidentiality and non-compete agreements
• Executive compensation agreements
• Electronic privacy rights issues
• Tax qualified employee benefit plans
• Investigating employee misconduct, including hostile work environment
• Hiring Immigrants and Aliens
• Discipline and discharge
• Reductions-in-force, reorganizations, and consolidations
• Plant closings and WARN Act
• Employment records and documentation
• Drug and alcohol testing
• Wage and hour issues
• FLSA Classification
• Privacy issues
• Workplace violence
• Employment based immigration matters (i.e. non-immigrant work visas)

 
Abbott Nicholson litigators have experience in defending employers against all types of lawsuits and administrative actions including:

• Discrimination in employment
• Wrongful discharge
• Harassment
• Retaliation
• Breach of express and implied contract
• Interference with contract
• Misrepresentation
• Fraud
• Invasion of privacy
• Covenants not to compete
• Title VII
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Michigan’s Elliot-Larson Civil Rights Act
• Public policy discharge
• Wage and hour actions
• Defamation, invasion of privacy and emotional injury
• Whistleblowers retaliation
• ERISA claims

In the practice of traditional labor law, our attorneys have extensive experience in collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, labor contract administration, representational campaigns and elections, unfair labor practice proceedings, union avoidance campaigns, and strike and picketing matters.

Abbott Nicholson strives to deliver the best results for our clients through cost-effective and intelligent management of all matters. To keep our clients well informed on labor and employment law, we publish a bi-monthly newsletter titled Employment Law Briefing and provide custom, on-site employment law training.

Abbott Nicholson also provides assistance in related areas of law such as family and business immigration, corporate, commercial litigation, real estate, and contract.
With the increase in federal and state legislation, the field of labor and employment relations has grown to be a complicated area of law. When your company needs practical legal assistance with labor and employment law matters, please contact Michael R. Blum or another member in the labor and employment law group at 313-566-2500.