Extensive Background

Attorneys Ira Weiss, Jocelyn P. Kramer, Megan M. Turnbull, Annemarie K. Harr Eagle, Nicole Williams, and Michelle Gannon handle labor and employment matters for our school, municipal, and special counsel clients.

Employment services include

advice regarding the interpretation, application, and implementation of employment statutes, including, but not limited to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, the Family, and Medical Leave Act, and the Veteran’s Preference Act
reviewing, revising, and drafting employment policies and employment manuals
managing employee discipline matters
conducting employment investigations
defending clients against employment claims

Attorneys

Labor relations responsibilities include

collective bargaining, contract administration, grievance processing, labor arbitrations (including Act 88 and advisory arbitrations)
defending Unfair Labor Practice complaints at the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
labor litigation in court, including injunctions
private sector clients in all phases of personnel issues including matters before the National Labor Relations Board and regulatory issues such as wage and hour matters and grievance arbitrations
representation of all levels of public sector employers in every aspect of labor relations, among them municipal governments, school districts of all sizes, including the Pittsburgh Public Schools, and county government

We Protect Your Interests

As chief negotiator in contracts involving teachers, support personnel, uniformed employees, road crews and prison guards
In hundreds of labor arbitration matters including contract interpretation, employee discipline and discharge cases
Through binding arbitration under Act 111 as well as mediation under Act 195 and Act 88
With employment contracts for management employees