Mark D. Nelson is a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice Group. Mark has represented management in labor relations and employment discrimination law for 25 years. He has extensive experience representing employers in a wide variety of industries in labor matters, including union avoidance, union organizing campaigns, labor disputes and unfair labor practice proceedings.
Mark also has considerable experience representing employers in arbitration hearings on issues such as discharge, discipline, contract interpretation and management rights. He has negotiated numerous collective bargaining agreements, including initial contracts and successor agreements, for employers in health care, manufacturing and service industries. He regularly provides advice and counsel regarding contract administration and interpretation to clients who have collective bargaining relationships, as well as client who wish to avoid them.
Mark has also represented employers in matters before state and federal agencies and courts on virtually all types of discrimination claims, retaliatory discharge suits, breach of contract actions, and wage and hour cases, among others. He has been retained to serve as special investigative counsel in several sensitive sexual harassment matters.
Mark provides advice and counsel to employers on the many labor and employment challenges they face on a day-to-day basis and is a frequent speaker regarding labor relations matters, sexual harassment, effective discipline and other subjects.
Mark has been elected to Leading Lawyers Network of Illinois by his peers. He serves on the boards of several community and nonprofit organizations including the board of a large tertiary medical center in suburban Chicago.
Publications
3/5/2010, Health Care Providers Beware! Your Wage/Hour Practices Are Under Scrutiny
Labor & Employment Alert
Mark Nelson, Stephanie Gournis
12/8/2009, Handling Potential Whistleblowers: How Providers Can Deter Qui Tam Lawsuits
BNA's Health Law Reporter
Mark Nelson, Jesse Witten
10/28/2009, EEOC Issues Guidance on Pandemic Preparedness and ADA Compliance
Labor & Employment Alert
Mark Nelson, Stephanie Gournis
5/21/2009, Wisconsin Poised to Significantly Expand the Scope of Employer Liability under State Antidiscrimination Laws
Health Law Alert
Mark Nelson
7/12/2006, NLRB Upholds Hospital's Ban on Nurses' Wearing Union Buttons
Labor & Employment Client Memorandum
Mark Nelson
6/12/2006, Labor & Employment Update
Labor & Employment Newsletter
Mark Nelson
Speaking Engagements
9/10/2011, American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration 47th Annual Conference & Exposition
"Healthcare Labor Hot Topics"
K. Bruce Stickler, Mark Nelson, Phoenix, AZ
9/10/2011, American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration 47th Annual Conference & Exposition
"Healthcare Reform's Impact on Human Resources"
Mark Nelson, Phoenix, AZ
9/26/2010, ASHHRA Conference & Exposition
"Health Care HR Hot Topic Panel"
K. Bruce Stickler, Stephanie Gournis, Mark Nelson, Tampa, FL
6/20/2006, HR Law Breakfast Briefing
"The Computer Industry: Hardware, Software, Networks and the Internet Leaves of Absences: The Most Expensive Employer Cost No One Measures"
Mark Nelson
5/17/2006, Southwestern Illinois HR Summit
Mark Nelson