Labor and Employment

Bond labor and employment law department has represented institutional health care employers in:

• Drafting and reviewing personnel policies
• Employment discrimination
• Labor relations
• Government regulation
• Management training and counseling
• Responding to union organizing attempts
• Contract negotiations
• Employment law litigation
• Drafting and evaluating individual employment contracts

Bond lawyers have provided our clients with consultative services and advice, as well as direct participatory services in areas such as:

• Advising clients on issues presented by reorganizing, reengineering, downsizing and restructuring the workforce
• Preventive personnel practices, including analyses of problem areas, determination of policies and practices
• Preparation for contract negotiations with labor organizations
• Labor negotiations, including determination of objectives and strategies, effective use of mediation, current negotiation trends, court and arbitration decisions
• Processing grievances at any stage of the grievance procedure, including arbitration
• Representation in proceedings before governmental and administrative agencies, including OSHA, EEOC, State Division of Human Rights, Federal and State Wage and Hour Divisions, NLRB, etc.
• Orientation and instruction of administrative personnel regarding personnel practices, governmental regulation, contractual obligations and procedures, grievance handling, personnel management and evaluation
• Personnel administration affecting union and non-union employees
• Preparation of policy and procedures for supervisors including related forms to facilitate record keeping and maintain personnel programs and practices
• A full range of litigation services before juries and judges in state and federal courts
• Advising clients of the labor and employment implications involved in a merger, consolidation or successorship situation

We are frequently asked to counsel our healthcare clients on the best and proper interpretation of policies and contract clauses under unusual and unforeseen circumstances. This effort is neither mechanical nor scientific, but rather, requires a broad base of work in the human resource/management field, and creativity and familiarity with the client’s mission and strategic objectives.