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Practice/Industry Group Overview
The health care industry has experienced critical workforce shortages over the last several years as well as increasing organizing efforts from labor unions. Given these challenges as well as other concerns unique to the health care field, employers need lawyers who understand industry issues and provide practical and effective solutions. Lawyers in Ford & Harrison's health care group have extensive experience handling all types of labor and employment matters. Our familiarity with the health care industry as well as the range of employees involved allows us to address problems in a pro-active and cost-effective manner allowing health care companies to continue providing excellent health services to their patients. We serve a wide variety of health care clients, including multi-hospital health systems, individual hospitals, physicians and physician groups, home health care agencies, assisted living and long-term health care facilities, pharmaceutical companies, managed care providers and other related companies. Our lawyers partner with our health care clients to address all of the following labor and employment areas: - collective bargaining, contract compliance, labor arbitrations, and labor strategy;
- labor relations and union avoidance;
- employment litigation, including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, breach of contract, and other employment-related claims;
- employee relations advice and policy development;
- employee training and risk management;
- immigration, such as securing employment visas and permanent residence status;
- FLSA and wage and hour requirements;
- ERISA, COBRA and HIPAA compliance;
- employee benefit plans and executive compensation;
- labor and employment issues related to merger and acquisitions; and
- OSHA compliance.
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