Overview
Your Workforce. Our Business.® 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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- Artificial Intelligence
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- Employee Benefits and ERISA
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- Employment Litigation
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- Pandemic Workforce Issues
- Pay Equity
- Remote and Hybrid Work
- Social Media and the Workplace
- Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility
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- Whistleblowing and Compliance
- Workforce Government Relations
- Workforce Restructuring and Other Cost-Saving Mechanisms
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Insights
Insights
- PublicationsOn Trend: New Pay Equity Laws Coming to Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Vermont in 202513 minute read
- BlogsGeorgia Supreme Court Allows for Employee Non-Solicitation Agreements That Lack Express Geographic Limits3 minute read
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What the FTC Non-Compete Ban Block Means for Employers - Employment Law This Week Video
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Continued Employment May Constitute Sufficient Consideration for Noncompete Agreements in Connecticut, but Uncertainty ...
4 minute read - Blogs“Fair Chance” Updates: Los Angeles County Ordinance Takes Effect; New York City Proposes Amendments to Existing Law ...8 minute read
- Publications#WorkforceWednesday: Courts Side with Employers – Tip Credit Rule and Non-Compete Ban Struck Down Nationwide3 minute read
- BlogsFederal Appeals Court Vacates Department of Labor’s “80/20/30 Rule” Regarding Tipped Employees12 minute read
- BlogsMI Agencies Request Clarity on New Minimum Wage & Tip Credit Requirements3 minute read
- BlogsMental Health Parity Rules Incoming: What Employers Need to Know7 minute read
- BlogsVideo: New DOJ Whistleblower Program - What Employers Must Know - Employment Law This Week3 minute read
- BlogsTexas Court Shoots Down FTC Noncompete Ban Nationwide6 minute read
- BlogsTime Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … Regular Rate Exclusions9 minute read
- BlogsFlorida Court Joins Texas Court in Granting Preliminary Injunction Against FTC’s Final Rule Banning Noncompetes, but ...5 minute read
- Firm Announcements
Adam S. Forman Named to the 2024 Michigan Super Lawyers List
7 minute read - BlogsIllinois Prohibits Discriminatory Artificial Intelligence in Employment Decisions5 minute read
- BlogsVideo: State Legal Trends - Crucial Changes for Employers - Employment Law This Week4 minute read
- BlogsA New Prescription for Access: The Department of Justice Celebrates Anniversary of the ADA by Finally Issuing Title II ...9 minute read
- BlogsChanges Coming in 2025 to Michigan Minimum Wage, Tip Credit, and Earned Sick Time7 minute read
- BlogsMichigan’s Supreme Court Has Spoken: Expanded Paid Sick Leave, Increased Minimum Wage and Phased Out Tip Credits ...7 minute read
- BlogsInsurers in the Crosshairs, Part II: New York’s Final Insurance Circular Letter on Consumer Data and AI-Infused Insurance ...11 minute read
- BlogsSpilling Secrets Podcast: What Is the Future of Non-Compete Agreements for Employers?2 minute read
- BlogsCalifornia Supreme Court Concludes That PAGA Plaintiffs Lack Standing to Intervene in Other PAGA Lawsuits3 minute read
- BlogsNew York City Prohibits Provisions Shortening Statutes of Limitations for Complaints and Civil Actions Related to ...3 minute read
- BlogsTime Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … Offering a Compliant Payroll Debit Card Option to Employees8 minute read
- BlogsVideo: SpaceX Victory - Court Questions NLRB's Constitutional Authority - Employment Law This Week4 minute read
- Media CoverageSports Brain—How Former Soccer Star Haley Morrison Feeds Her Competitive Instincts5 minute read
- PublicationsExpert Q&A on Legal Challenges to the FTC's Non-Compete Ban4 minute read
- BlogsWestern District of Texas Says NLRB Structure Unconstitutional, Issues Injunction Preventing SpaceX Unfair Labor ...3 minute read
- BlogsThe Gig Continues: California Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 224 minute read
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Supreme Court Alters the Administrative State: Loper and Relentless Decision Shifts Authority from Administrative ...
13 minute read - BlogsDo the PAGA Amendments Create a Trap for California Employers? Yes. Are They Likely to Reduce the Number of PAGA Actions? No ...11 minute read
- Firm Announcements
Two Epstein Becker Green Attorneys Named to the 2024 Oregon Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
8 minute read - BlogsTeeing-Up a Circuit Split on the FTC’s Noncompete Rule: Pennsylvania Judge Diametrically Opposes Earlier Decision by ...10 minute read
- BlogsSpilling Secrets Podcast: Can FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Survive Without Chevron Deference?2 minute read
- Media CoveragePaul DeCamp Quoted in “Federal Minimum Wage Hits 15 Years Without Movement”3 minute read
- BlogsPennsylvania Passes Law Limiting Use of Noncompetes for Health Care Practitioners4 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in “Where to Turn When Portfolio Company Workers Strike”5 minute read
- BlogsVideo: Chevron Deference Overturned - Employment Law This Week4 minute read
- BlogsCalifornia District Court Rules That Software Vendor Is Subject to Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA12 minute read
- BlogsPumping the Brakes: New York Seeks to Curb AI Acceleration in Labor Market10 minute read
- BlogsFederal Court Denies Plaintiffs’ Motion for Reconsideration Seeking Expanded Scope of Injunction Staying the FTC’s ...3 minute read
- PublicationsFederal Court Grants Temporary Stay of FTC Noncompete Rule but Limits Scope (for Now) to Named Parties12 minute read
- Media CoverageAdam S. Forman Quoted in “4 State AI Bills to Watch in 2nd Half of 2024”2 minute read
- BlogsThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Final Rule Increasing the Salary Threshold for EAP Exemptions Took Effect, Except for the ...6 minute read
- BlogsPlaintiffs in California Putative Class Action Lose Numerous Challenges to Enforcing Arbitration, Barring Unclean Hands ...5 minute read
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California Governor’s PAGA Deal: What Employers Need to Know - Employment Law This Week
2 minute read - BlogsUpdate on Knicks/Raptors Trade Secrets Case and Other NBA Intellectual Property News4 minute read
- BlogsAct Now: New York Employers Must Provide Paid Lactation Breaks to Employees4 minute read
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Supreme Court Overturns Chevron—but for Stakeholders, the Impact Is No Cause for Alarm
5 minute read - BlogsChevron Is Overturned, but Stakeholders Need Not Worry5 minute read