Labor & Employment Law

Practice overview
Clark Hill’s thirty labor and employment attorneys represent management in virtually all aspects of labor and employment matters. Our mission is to provide our clients with practical, cost-effective solutions to their labor and employment problems. We achieve our mission by deploying veteran legal talent specializing in a complex and fluid area of the law. We place a strong emphasis on prompt and open communication at all levels with clients. We strive to deliver the optimal result for the client through cost-effective and intelligent management of litigation and non-litigation matters.

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Seven of our labor and employment attorneys are listed among the best management-side labor and employment lawyers in Michigan in Best Lawyers in America. Three of our attorneys are listed as “Leading” labor and employment lawyers in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Five of our attorneys are named as top labor and employment attorneys by the 2006 Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine.

We defend employers in employment litigation including discrimination, harassment, breach of express and implied contract, Family Medical Leave Act, public policy discharge, retaliation, whistleblower acts, defamation, wage and hour class actions, interference with a contract, misrepresentation, fraud, invasion of privacy and covenants not to compete. In the area of traditional labor law, we possess some of the leading traditional labor lawyers in the region. We advised clients during union organizing drives. Our attorneys act as chief negotiators during first and renewal collective bargaining agreements. We advise clients on the daily administration of collective bargaining agreements and represent clients at arbitration hearings.

Our attorneys appear in various administrative tribunals including the National Labor Relations Board, the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, various state and federal departments of labor, and other states’ or municipalities’ civil rights agencies. Our attorneys also specialize in employee benefits, immigration, occupation, safety and health matters and development and monitoring of affirmative action plan.

While most of the firm’s labor and employment practice is centered in Michigan, it represents clients nationwide and renders employment advice based on the law of other states including Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah.

The attorneys of Clark Hill’s Labor and Employment Practice Group are your partners in solving any employment problem facing your company.

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