Employment & Labor
Our team is dedicated to protecting workers’ rights and ensuring fair treatment in the workplace. Whether you're an employee dealing with wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, wage disputes, or in need of assistance with negotiation of employment contracts or severance agreements, our team has the experience to provide you with skilled and competent legal representation. Our attorneys have represented workers, their labor unions, and associated employee benefit trust funds, including pension, health and welfare, apprenticeship, and labor management cooperation committees, for decades. We have served as general counsels to state federations of labor, central labor councils, international unions, local unions, and district councils across multiple states, including Nevada, California, Oregon, and Washington.
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Our Employment & Labor Law Services
Labor Law
We provide experienced legal guidance in traditional labor law. We are dedicated to representing employees and their unions. We advocate for fair treatment in disputes involving union representation, workplace rights and collective bargaining negotiations. Our representation ensures employees are empowered and their rights are protected.
We have represented clients before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), The Nevada Government Employee-Management Relations Board (EMRB), Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner, Nevada Equal Rights Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. Department of Labor, and across state and federal courts in numerous states.
ERISA and Employee Benefits
If you're facing issues with your pension plan, 401(k), health insurance, or other employee benefits, our team provides legal representation to help you understand and navigate your rights under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Our firm has vast experience in the representation of employee benefit plans, their trustees and individuals. Our experience includes representation of taft-hartley funds and jointly administered labor-management cooperation committees. We have represented our ERISA fund clients in complex disputes, including defense of class action claims, and in navigating significant regulatory challenges. Our experience also includes representing employees in benefit claim denials, pension entitlement and valuation claims, and breaches of fiduciary duty, ensuring compliance with federal standards.
Whether addressing issues of wrongful denial of benefits, plan administration, plan document preparation or fiduciary oversight, our team delivers strategic legal solutions for your ERISA and benefit needs.
Employment Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation
Our team addresses your employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims with a commitment to quality representation to ensure you are treated with fairness and receive justice. We represent employees in navigating complex workplace disputes, including allegations of unfair treatment based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, and other protected characteristics.
Our team also handles matters involving hostile work environments, unlawful retaliation for whistleblowing, and violations of workplace rights. We advocate for employees facing unlawful treatment, by providing thorough representation with an eye toward resolving disputes effectively and in our client’s best interests.
Employment Agreements
Employment agreements are essential for defining the terms of an employment relationship, protecting employees' rights and obligations. Whether you’re negotiating a new employment contract, reviewing terms of an existing agreement, or facing a dispute over its interpretation, we provide legal guidance to ensure your legal best interests are safeguarded. Our team helps employees understand key provisions such as non-compete clauses, non-disclosure requirements, confidentiality agreements, compensation, benefits, and dispute resolution procedures. We focus on providing you clarity and fairness in negotiation of your agreements. We ensure that employment agreements reflect your needs and provide legal protection when disputes arise.
We also provide clients with review of severance agreements. Losing a jobs is never an enjoyable experience but it is always important to ensure that any severance agreement meets your needs immediately and into the future. Our team provides representation that includes review, preparation, and negotiation of severance agreements.
Collective Bargaining
We negotiate collective bargaining agreements on behalf of local labor unions and intermediate bodies, such as building trades associations and central labor councils. Whether it is a first contract or a successor agreement, our attorneys have significant experience in negotiating collective bargaining agreements. We help employees and unions build strong, agreements that protect their rights and ensure their collective voices are heard and respected.
Our representation includes all facets of CBA negotiations. This includes formulation of initial proposals and bargaining plans through to mediation, impasse arbitration, factfinding, and potential job actions, like strikes.
Union Governance
We provide advice and guidance to union officers on governance matters. It is essential to ensure that labor organizations operate fairly, transparently, and in compliance with all applicable laws.
Our team provides legal support to both unions and union leaders, helping navigate the complex rules and regulations surrounding union operations, leadership elections, membership rights, financial transactions and internal governance. We assist with matters such as drafting and amending union constitutions and bylaws, advising on conduct of officer elections, and ensuring compliance with the NLRA LMRDA, DOL regulations, NRS and NAC Chapter 288, and other applicable laws.
We offer skilled counsel to our clients to promote transparency, prevent internal conflicts, and maintain a strong and lawful union structure. Our goal is to protect the integrity of the union and the rights of its members, while ensuring effective and legal governance.
