Labor Relations
- Successfully Managing Union Organizing Drives and Election Campaigns
- Promoting Management Goals through:
- Developing positive communications with employees
- Designing effective management policies and strategies that minimize the risk of government or third party interference in the workplace
- Conducting labor relation training for all level of employees
- Negotiating Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Guiding Employers through all phases of Contract Administration
- Representing Private and Public Sector Employees in all types of Arbitration
- Litigating Representation Cases, Unfair Labor Practice Complaints and other issues before NLRB, VLRB and other governmental agencies
Employment Law
- Helping Employers Comply with State and Federal Wage and Hour Laws
- Managing Employee Leave Issues
- Designing Policies and Practices that Promote Best Practices and that Minimize the Risk of Successful Claims of Discrimination, Wage and Hour Violations and other Claims of Unlawful Activity
- Advising Clients on the Constant Changes in Employment Law, including federal, state and local discrimination laws, wage/hour laws, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Evaluating Potential Liabilities through On-site Audits of Personnel Policies and Procedures
- Assisting in Developing and Implementing Affirmative Action Plans
- Conducting Dynamic, Customized, In-House Trainings for All Levels of Employees on topics such as:
- Hiring and Interviewing
- Performance Management and Progressive Discipline
- Sexual and Unlawful Harassment
- Managing Leave – FMLA, ADA, and Workers’ Compensation
- ADA Compliance
- Respect in the Workplace
- Successfully Managing in a Multigenerational Workplace
- Valuing and Managing Diversity – Creating an Inclusive and Productive Work Environment
- Successfully Documenting Employee Performance
- Privacy in the Workplace
- Conflict Resolution
Labor and Employment Law are an ever-changing fields, as legislators continue to be active in creating new and more demanding workplace mandates. Our goals are to work with our clients to provide dynamic trainings to help them employ successful, state-of-the art management techniques; to keep them up to date with the latest legal developments; to help businesses avoid costly litigation by being better informed; and to vigorously defend our clients in arbitration, litigation, and administrative actions.
We bring to our clients a unique combination of legal and litigation talent and the kind of training and practical day-to-day advice that is usually associated with experienced human resources professionals. We help clients achieve their operational and human resources goals while minimizing the likelihood of costly litigation. Whether you are in a unionized workplace or not, Bergeron, Paradis & Fitzpatrick, LLP has the skill and experience to handle all of your labor and employment needs.
