Overview
Your Workforce. Our Business.SM Today's workplace is constantly evolving, presenting a host of new challenges for employers. Artificial intelligence, remote and hybrid work arrangements, and the gig economy continue to change how and where employees work. Meanwhile, social movements are shaping policy changes that impact every facet of the employment relationship. At Epstein Becker Green, we focus on these changes every day.
Our Employment, Labor & Workforce Management practice is one of the largest and most respected in the United States. Employers across all industries, particularly financial services, hospitality, retail, technology, health care, and life sciences, turn to us to help them manage their workplace risks, protect their company’s reputation, and boost their bottom line.
Solutions Tailored to Your Business Needs
No two workforces are alike. Hospitals grapple with different labor concerns than hotels. A tech company incentivizes its talent differently than a financial services firm. We’ve worked alongside general counsel and HR teams in hundreds of workplaces. We know the language, culture, operations, and compensation structures of each industry to pinpoint what drives employer-employee relationships. Clients value our commitment to understanding their specific business goals and our ability to develop workplace practices that resonate with their unique workforce needs.
We’re on Your Team
We serve as business partners to clients, supporting them in managing their workforces (whether unionized or non-unionized) and helping them stay compliant with ever-evolving employment, labor, workforce management, and benefits laws and rules. Our lawyers have handled every type of problem that can arise within an employment relationship. We help domestic and global businesses quickly spot and fix potential problems in their policies, procedures, and workplaces. We also regularly resolve conflicts in and out of court with minimal disruption to a client’s business.
Manage Large Workforces with Confidence
Managing large workforces across many states and jurisdictions can be overwhelming. We draw on diverse experience in law, business, and government to help busy HR teams stay informed about rapidly changing workplace laws and regulations. Clients benefit from our extensive training options and thought leadership updates for preventive best practices concerning anti-harassment and discrimination, diversity and inclusion, workplace accommodations, leaves of absence, hiring, onboarding, terminations, employee mobility, and more.
Stay Ahead of the Curve with Our Enforcement Perspective
Our industry reputation attracts numerous former government officials with policy and enforcement experience to practice at our firm. They use their deep knowledge of regulatory agencies to explain and interpret key rules and anticipated changes affecting our clients’ workplace decisions. Our lawyers have held leadership roles while serving the following government entities:
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- National Labor Relations Board
- U.S. Congress
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Department of Justice
- The White House
- State and local agencies regulating labor-management relations
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- ADA and Public Accommodations
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- Immigration
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- Pandemic Workforce Issues
- Pay Equity
- Remote and Hybrid Work
- Social Media and the Workplace
- Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility
- Wage and Hour
- Whistleblowing and Compliance
- Workforce Government Relations
- Workforce Restructuring and Other Cost-Saving Mechanisms
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- June 17 and 21, 2024
- July 25 - 27, 2024
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- June 10-12, 2024
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- PublicationsChicago’s Paid Leave and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Takes Effect Soon – Are You Ready?12 minute read
- BlogsSupreme Court Rules NLRB 10(j) Injunctions Must Meet Higher Preliminary Injunction Standard in Blow to NLRB8 minute read
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Epstein Becker Green Receives National Recognition and Top Rankings in the 2024 Edition of Legal 500
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- BlogsUnderstanding the DOL’s Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2024-1: AI and Automated Systems in the Workplace7 minute read
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- PublicationsConnecticut Greatly Expands Paid Sick Leave Law6 minute read
- BlogsVideo: Non-Disparagement Settlements in New Jersey, DOL's AI Guidelines, OSHA Regions Shift - Employment Law This Week2 minute read
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- BlogsDOL Offering Webinars on Final Overtime Rule2 minute read
- BlogsN.J. Supreme Court Bans Broad “Non-Disparagement” Provisions in Agreements Settling Employment Discrimination ...5 minute read
- Media CoverageErik Weibust Quoted in “Noncompete Rule Challenge Gets More Backing”3 minute read
- BlogsVideo: DOL’s Expanded Overtime Salary Limits, EEOC’s Sexual Harassment Guidance, NY’s Mandatory Paid Prenatal ...2 minute read
- Media CoverageJeff Ruzal Quoted in “Employer's Intent Key to Wage Theft Prosecution”2 minute read
- BlogsEmployees Not in the Transportation Industry Can Be Exempted From Arbitration Under the FAA3 minute read
- BlogsSpilling Secrets Podcast: FTC Nixes Non-Competes Nationwide—Now What?3 minute read
- Media CoverageBradley Merrill Thompson Quoted in “Fighting the Bots Is the New Attorney Niche”4 minute read
- BlogsVideo: Avoiding Legal Illusions - Crafting Effective Arbitration Agreements - Employment Law This Week2 minute read
- BlogsQ&A on the FTC's Final Rule Banning Post-Employment Non-Competes3 minute read
- BlogsOSHA’s New Walkaround Rule Potentially Grants Union Representatives Access to Safety Investigations6 minute read
- PublicationsExpert Q&A on the FTC's Final Rule Banning Post-Employment Non-Competes3 minute read
- BlogsU.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Overtime Rule Raising Salary Thresholds7 minute read
- Media Coverage
Kate Rigby Discusses the FTC’s Noncompete Rule in the Endpoints News Health Tech Newsletter
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- BlogsThe FTC Finally Pulls the Trigger on a Final Noncompete Rule, with a Few Changes, but Remains Unlikely to Ever Hit Its Target ...7 minute read
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- BlogsEEOC Final Rule Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act9 minute read
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