Labor & Employment Law- Advised multiple employers on means of remaining union free and conducted supervisory training in era of Employee Free Choice Act.
- Successfully defended union attempt to enjoin unilateral implementation of 5% pay cut, 20% health insurance contribution for 500 employees.
- Advised numerous employers on wage and health benefits rollbacks, workforce reduction, open window retirement plans and concession bargaining.
- Represented a local municipality in renegotiating contracts with its teachers' union, requiring a substantial reduction in salaries and benefits. City has been successful enforcing a renegotiated contract resulting in the savings of $9 million in the initial phase. The union has vigorously contested the City's efforts through the Rhode Island Superior Court as well as the State Labor Relations Board but has been unsuccessful.
- Gained an across the board 15% employee contribution to health insurance by the Rhode Island Association of Firefighters, rollbacks in retiree benefits, restoration of management rights, at interest arbitration.
- Guided employers in defense of corporate campaigns used as organizing tool in construction trades.
- Successful representation of management in defending hundreds of claims of employees discharged for various reasons asserting charges of unlawful discrimination and violation of collective bargaining agreements.
- Prevailed for multi national employer in ERISA action.
Our firm is in the forefront of interpreting and construing state and Federal statutes that: - govern the relationships between groups of employees and employers, and
- control how employers must treat employees, former employees and applicants for employment.
We represent a broad cross-section of unionized and non-unionized employers in the private, non-profit and public sectors.
Collective Bargaining
Employment Law
Employment Discrimination
Equal Employment Opportunity
Employee Benefits
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