Labor, Employment and Benefits
Technological, regulatory and demographic changes – along with globalization – present companies with more challenging decisions than ever before regarding federal labor law, employment law and employee benefits.
Given the complexity of the current labor climate, building a relationship with one legal team that can guide you through new developments, explain your options clearly, and help you to make thoughtful, informed decisions can provide efficiency. Working with attorneys who are already up-to-speed on your industry, can represent you in the United States and abroad in the full range of employment matters, and assist you in avoiding potential conflicts by exclusively representing management can help make you more effective.
Dedicated to Representing Management
Our Labor and Employment Law Group takes a highly proactive approach in helping companies like yours head off problems and resolve disputes – but we are also prepared to litigate aggressively on your behalf if necessary. We represent management in all labor-related matters and fully understand current employment issues as well as the domestic and international laws and regulations that affect them. As a result, we are prepared to guide you in a wide range of areas, including employee benefit plan design, implementation and compliance – as we do for clients in virtually every major industry sector in the United States and abroad – as well as in immigration matters, whether you are a company or an individual.
Geographic Reach
To ensure the most thorough and up-to-date handling of tax, finance and other aspects of your transactions, Holland & Knight – one of the largest and most comprehensive law firms in the labor and employment field in the United States – regularly enlists the talents of our highly skilled attorneys in these related practice areas. And as part of our international practice, we regularly counsel clients in employment matters abroad, as well as advise global corporations and businesses based outside the United States on all aspects of U.S. labor and employment laws and regulations.
A Proactive Approach to Avoiding Liability
Working proactively to help your company avoid potential liability for employment-related claims and lawsuits is a key part of our labor and employment practice. Our liability-avoidance services include a series of manager training programs designed to help your supervisors identify and deal with potential violations of state and federal employment laws – including those on harassment and discrimination. Additionally, the training we provide your managers includes advice on handling performance evaluations, employee terminations and other challenging management issues.
The Holland & Knight Labor and Employment Group can also provide your organization with corporate diversity and anti-discrimination counseling, advice on union-management relations, and assistance in developing a record-keeping system for employment matters – preferably, before issues arise. And because bad press can be potentially even more devastating to your bottom line than the measurable costs of a protracted trial, we employ every reasonable alternative dispute resolution method to help you avoid litigation. You can also count on us to represent your company in international arbitration of employment matters.
Vigorous Trial Advocacy When You Need It
In those instances when a dispute stemming from the employer-employee relationship cannot be settled quickly, our skilled litigators and trial lawyers are fully prepared to go to federal or state court – and before administrative agencies and arbitrators – on your behalf. In these instances, our employment litigation attorneys often collaborate with members of Holland & Knight’s Litigation Team, one of the largest in the United States.
Responsiveness Across the Board
In addition to managing all aspects of ERISA, ESOP and other employee benefit programs – including the kind of executive compensation packages you need in hiring and retaining first-rate company leaders – you can rely on our Labor and Employment Group for responsive representation in the following areas: