Venable's Labor and Employment team provides clients with a broad range of experience in collective bargaining matters through every stage of the process. We have served as lead negotiators in many high-profile labor negotiations throughout the country.
Our experience includes many positive settlements that have achieved our clients' objectives. We have also bargained to impasse, engaged in interest arbitration, and dealt with strikes and strike-related unfair labor practice issues before both the National Labor Relations Board and many public sector employee relations boards.
Experienced Counsel That Avoids Conflicts and Achieves Results
Companies and public agencies today must work diligently to stay ahead of the curve in order to avoid conflicts and litigation resulting from union organizing and collective bargaining. We put decades of experience and an unparalleled track record to work for our clients so they may develop effective, proactive strategies to minimize risks and avoid litigation.
Practice Focus
- Arbitrations
- Audits
- Class actions
- Collective bargaining
- Diversity / affirmative action
- EEO / harassment claims
- Employee benefits
- Employment agreements
- Employment disputes
- ERISA compliance
- Financial services wage compliance
- Government contracts
- Healthcare cost reduction
- Intellectual property litigation
- Immigration sanctions
- Labor cost reductions in mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy, and healthcare
- Litigation
- NLRB, union campaigns, and ULPs
- OSHA
- Personnel policies
- Trade secrets / non-competes
- Wage and overtime claims
- WARN Act compliance
- Whistleblower
Industry Focus
- California
- Colleges and universities
- Construction
- Energy
- Entertainment/media
- Financial services
- Government contracting
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Independent schools
- Information technology
- Manufacturing
- Nonprofits / trade associations
- Public employers
- Retail
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
