Helping Employers Optimize Personnel Management

Legal issues in the employment process start long before an employee is hired. And although the path to good employment relationships starts before an employee’s first day of work, it can last well after the employee terminates. Ultimately, the goal of Burns White’s employment law attorneys is to foster beneficial employer-employee relationships that help your organization meet its strategic, financial and operational goals.

Addressing your Resource Management Issues

At Burns White, we focus on counseling our clients on a variety of employment-related issues, including:

• Staff recruitment considerations;
• The hiring process, including employment contracts and restrictive covenants;
• Employment discrimination issues, including compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Equal Pay Act, and various state human relations laws;
• Employment practice issues, including compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act;
• Workers’ compensation issues, including representing employers and insurance carriers at all levels within the workers’ compensation systems of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and West Virginia and providing workers’ compensation counseling and support to national clients, including preparing Medicare Set-Aside arrangements in the settlement of workers’ compensation claims;
• Preparing and reviewing employee handbooks;
• Electronic discovery and consultation on human resources document management and retention issues;
• Employment termination issues, including post-termination litigation and defense.

Managing Cases and Comprehensive Programs

Burns White works with employers to develop comprehensive employment planning programs as well as consultation on individual cases. We collaborate with and advise clients at all stages of the litigation process, including before or after a lawsuit is filed, as well as throughout the dispute process. We also strive to help clients avoid costly and time-consuming litigation by implementing programs and policies that help companies to minimize risk while emphasizing alternative methods of dispute resolution.

The firm’s Business Group also counsels employers on the employment law issues involved in corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, entity formation and divestitures.

Ahead of the Curve with the Latest Information

Employment laws at local, state and federal levels are ever-changing. The attorneys at Burns White are in tune with the most recent legislative changes affecting the employment process and regularly communicate issues of importance in our periodic bulletins and newsletters. Helping our clients remain prepared in an evolving marketplace requires the diligence and commitment you will find from our employment law attorneys.

Employment Law Group