The Employment Law Practice Group focuses on the following areas of employment and labor law:
- Representation of businesses with regard to charges brought under
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (race, gender, sex, national
origin and sexual harassment discrimination), the Family Medical Leave
Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act. The Group frequently appears before the Pennsylvania
Human Relations Commission and EEOC and has taken a significant number
of cases to trial in the Pennsylvania federal courts and before the
PHRC.
- The group is part of Thomas Thomas and Hafer LLP, the largest
litigation oriented firm between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. In the
areas where we practice, we routinely try more cases than almost all
other firms.
- The group represents businesses and, most commonly, public
employers in NLRB or PLRB proceedings including unfair labor practices,
representation cases, and collective bargaining including Act 111
interest arbitrations. One group member, Paul J. Dellasega, Esquire,
serves as an neutral arbitrator for the Pennsylvania Bureau of
Mediation.
- The group has a growing subspecialty in Fair Labor Standards
cases due to the increasing volume of FLSA complaints brought before
the Department of Labor. The group has a growing practice in
Whistleblower cases both under federal and Pennsylvania law. The group
also litigates issues arising under the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and
Collection Law.
- The members of the group have a combined legal experience of over 100 years.
- The group is realistic about the costs of legal services and
understands that many smaller business cannot defend otherwise
defensible claims due to the high billing rates of major city law
firms. The group attempts to structure its fee arrangements under the
principle "Central Pennsylvania fees for Central Pennsylvania businesses," and to apply this principle equally to our Pittsburgh and Lehigh Valley offices.
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Practice Area Attorneys & Paralegals
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