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Any organization with employees,
regardless of the type, size or location of the business, has the potential for employment or labor problems. Lashly & Baer, P.C. has comprehensive experience in
representing and advising employers in all aspects of
labor relations and employment law. By working
with our clients to create and implement clear and
concise employee handbooks, providing advice on and
drafting policies, and offering training seminars on new
and updated laws affecting our clients' businesses, our
attorneys help to minimize the probability of employment
conflicts.
Of course, even with the best of
defenses, no employer is completely immune from
employment claims. In the event of a claim, we
offer our clients a strong ally. We are skilled at
conducting thorough investigations into claims in the
defense of our clients. Whenever possible, our
attorneys will negotiate a solution beneficial to both
sides through mediation or other alternative means;
however, we are fully prepared to aggressively represent
our clients in court.
Lashly & Baer's labor and employment
attorneys are experienced in representing private and
public employers in race, age, sex, disability, and
religion discrimination claims before the EEOC and state
human rights commissions, and in federal and state trial
and appellate courts. For our public agency
employment clients we have experience in the defense of
constitutional law claims, including due process, equal
protection, free speech, and unlawful search and seizure
claims.
Lashly & Baer's employment attorneys
have repeatedly enforced and defended against the
enforcement of noncompetition, confidentiality, and
trade secret agreements. We take the time to
understand our clients' business goals and tailor our
approach to each client's business needs, regardless of
the size of the company.
For our traditional labor clients,
Lashly & Baer has comprehensive experience in
representing and advising employers in all aspects of
labor relations, including collective bargaining
negotiations, union avoidance, unfair labor practice
charges, unlawful union activities, and labor
arbitrations. We also regularly assist employers
in union organizing campaigns, elections, and union
decertification proceedings. We counsel employers
in connection with strikes, picketing, hand billing,
work stoppages, and other disputes arising during the
collective bargaining process.
We have designed, implemented, and provided legal counsel
for employee
welfare benefit plans, retirement plans, and executive
compensation plans in compliance with the Internal
Revenue Code and Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 (ERISA).
Our attorneys are active members of the American College
of Trial Lawyers, American Association for Justice, the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers,
the Lawyers Association of St. Louis, the Defense
Research Institute, Inc., and the Labor and Employment
Law Section of the American Bar Association.
Also see
Labor & Employment.
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