Labor and Employment

Witherspoon Kelley represents employers of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies with multiple locations to small businesses with one office and a few employees. We provide knowledgeable and experienced attorneys in every field of labor and employment law.

A key function of our Labor and Employment Group is to counsel the firm's clients on how to manage proactively. The goal is to ensure that problems are resolved before they become costly and negatively impact production and employee relations. Our labor and employment law attorneys assist employers in designing training programs and employee policy manuals; in understanding rights and obligations under wage and hour laws; in resolving hiring and discipline issues; in complying with health and safety laws; in recovering employee health and pension benefits; and in working through management-union relations.

Our Group has substantial experience in the successful defense of employers in labor and employment matters before the state and federal courts, and before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, various State Human Rights Commissions, and Department of Labor and Industries on matters relating to OSHA and WISHA safety issues.

Labor and Employment Practice:

• Affirmative Action plans
• Collective bargaining/arbitration
• Disability issues
• Discrimination and retaliation claims
• Employee benefits
• Employment contracts
• Handbooks and policy manuals
• Hostile work environment
• Labor arbitration
• Unemployment and disability benefits
• Unfair labor practices
• Wage and hour issues
• WISHA/OSHA
• Wrongful termination

Practitioners of Labor and Employment Law:

• Coleman, Benjamin S.
  
• Daley, Matthew W.
  
• Dixson, Steven J.
  
• Giannini, Mary R.
• Hazel, Joel P.
  
• Kamel, Kimberly A.
  
• Lawlor, Timothy M.
  
• Mount, Richard L.
• Nienstedt, Michael F.
  
• Swinton, Duane M.
  
• Symmes, William M.
  
• Van Dessel, Geana M.
• White, Ross P.