Representatives of management turn to McMahon Berger for assistance in a wide range of labor and employment issues, including but definitely not limited to:

• Advising and litigating matters arising under:
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)
• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)
• Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA)
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
• National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
• Railway Labor Act (RLA)
• Older Worker Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)
• Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
• Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)
• Resolving claims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation before federal and state agencies
• Preparing and applying disciplinary processes and procedures
• Preparing and interpreting employee handbooks, company rules, regulations, policies, and procedures
• Counseling on state laws regarding wages and unemployment
• Counseling on health and safety issues including those before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
• Counseling on employment issues related to the sale of a business, relocations, mergers, and acquisitions
• Counseling on the design and implementation of employee benefit plans and resolution of compliance issues with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
• Counseling clients with regard to daily operations of pension and welfare plans including, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) compliance, routine filings, and correction of plan errors
• Counseling and representing clients on matters before the National Mediation Board and issues under the Railway Labor Act (RLA)
• Designing, preparing and implementing executive and key-employee incentive compensation and deferred compensation arrangements
• Counseling and representing clients on affirmative action and other matters before the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
• Counseling and representing clients with respect to unfair labor practice charges, representation petitions and other matters before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
• Counseling and representing clients on immigration matters
• Negotiating collective bargaining agreements
• Drafting and enforcing non-compete agreements, settlement agreements and releases