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.