Our dedicated team of attorneys is concerned with every aspect of the employer-employee relationship in the healthcare industry. Our decades of experience across a wide range of industries and practice areas can help you control your labor costs, avoid workplace disputes, and defend yourself when litigation arises.
Healthcare - Labor and Employment Law
Experience
Experience
Below, you'll find a brief list of representative labor and employment engagements that Venable attorneys have undertaken on behalf of healthcare organizations, including:
- Successful defense of a continuing care provider against union corporate campaign and organizing efforts among nursing aides and other staff
- Collective bargaining with several different healthcare unions on behalf of nursing homes and hospitals around the country
- Arbitration of employee and/or union grievances
- Successful defense against discrimination and contract claims against a major university hospital in federal and state court litigation
- Dismissal of race, age, and ERISA discrimination court claims against another healthcare employer
- Defense of harassment and discrimination complaints against a home healthcare provider
- Defense against administrative discrimination complaints against hospitals and other healthcare providers
- Defense against unfair labor practice charges at the National Labor Relations Board
- Advice to hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare providers on personnel policies, employee handbooks, and workplace disputes
- Preventive audits and assessments of wage and hour classifications and potentially discriminatory pay practices
- Creation and review of affirmative action plans for healthcare providers covered by Executive Order 11246
Recognition
Recognition
- Chambers USA, Healthcare, Maryland, 2016 – 2021
- U.S. News – Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms, Health Care Law, 2011 – 2018, 2023