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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. At Lashly & Baer, we
understand that these difficulties may have serious
ramifications that affect both employer and employee
personally and financially. By working with our clients
to create 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 issues.
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 employment and labor 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. We have designed, implemented and provided legal counsel for the administration of employee benefit and executive compensation plans in connection with compliance with the Internal Revenue Code and Department of Labor regulations, and the regulations of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Pension Welfare Benefits Administration, and retirement plans. 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. Our attorneys are active members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 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. Our attorneys regularly address the following legal issues for the firm's employer clients:
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