Labor & Employment Law

Macfarlane Ferguson & McMullen's attorneys engaged in a labor and employment law practice have extensive experience in representing employers in all aspects of labor and employment law.  Their work includes representing employers charged with race, age, national origin, religious, marital status and disability discrimination and sexual harassment, litigating all types of employment disputes, and advising employers on the labor law implications of business decisions, including mergers, acquisitions, workplace reductions and plant relocations and shut downs.

The firm’s attorneys stress preventive labor and employment relations and regularly counsel employers on all aspects of labor and employment law, including confidentiality and non-competition agreements, drug testing, family leave, affirmative action, plant closings, workplace violence, unions, and wage and hour issues, as well as compliance with new developments in the law.  They have extensive experience in representing employers in administrative proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Florida Commission on Human Relations, the Public Employees Relations Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Labor and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

These attorneys have negotiated numerous collective bargaining agreements with a wide variety of labor organizations in both the private and public sectors, often achieving significant economic relief for employers who have union contracts.  Their experience includes arbitrating discharge and contract interpretation cases, as well as representing public employers in special master proceedings.  They also have assisted a number of employers in successfully resisting efforts to unionize their workforce. 

The clients represented by this group cover a wide spectrum of industries, including heavy and light manufacturing, banking, brokerage, insurance, utilities, newspapers, entertainment, retail, contracting, freight and transportation, health care, agriculture, travel and entertainment, food, and real estate development and management.  In addition, the group represents a number of governmental units, trade and not-for-profit associations, religious institutions and diversified service firms.

Related Practice Areas:

Business & Corporate n Administrative & Government

Labor & Employment Law Attorneys