Peter J. Ennis regularly represents private, public and nonprofit employers before state and federal courts and agencies involving such claims as sexual harassment; race, sex, age and disability discrimination; wrongful discharge; breaches of covenants not to compete; cases arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act and ERISA; and various types of injunction proceedings. Peter has also handled many labor arbitrations and unfair labor practice charges involving a broad range of contract interpretation and disciplinary issues, including discharges arising from drug and alcohol related offenses, theft, fraud, insubordination and absenteeism. Peter's practice also includes counseling employers on such diverse personnel-related issues as negotiating and administering collective bargaining agreements; compliance with discrimination laws; hiring, evaluating and discharging employees; drug and alcohol testing; developing personnel policies and employee handbooks; pay practices and employee benefits; and health and safety issues. He has worked with employers in a range of industries including: retail, social services, technology, manufacturing, medical care and mass transit. Based on his years of experience in the field and successful completion of the required examination, Peter has received his SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) Certification. He has also been recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer. Upon graduating from law school, he served as a law clerk to Justice Arthur H. Healy of the Supreme Court of Connecticut. Peter is the author of many articles on such issues as the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the rights and obligations of employees entering military service and AIDS in employment. Publications & Speeches 40 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Attorneys Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers List
May 26, 2009 Preparing for and Properly Reacting to Legal and Illegal Drug and Alchohol Use in the Workplace presenter, Lorman Teleconference
April 30, 2009 Supreme Court Rules Collective Bargaining Agreement Can Require Employees to Arbitrate Claims Arising Under the ADEA
April 6, 2009 Court Rules that ADA Does Not Require Employer to Override CBA to "Reasonably Accommodate" Employee HRSpotlight.com
March 2009 Twelve Buchanan Attorneys Selected to Corporate Counsel 2008 Super Lawyers List; Eight Selected to Corporate Counsel 2009 List
December 4, 2008 Employment ADR Programs: How to Construct Them and How to Dismantle Them presenter, PBI Employment Law West Program
November 18, 2008 Forty-Five Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Attorneys Selected as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
May 28, 2008 Pennsylvania Minimum Wages Have Increased
December 12, 2006 Should Your Company Have an Employee Handbook?
December 1, 2003 Rights and Obligations of Employees Entering Active Military Service
November 2001 When and How HR Professionals Should Use Lawyers
September 2001 Civic & Charitable Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force, President Looking Glass Institute, Board of Directors Affiliations Past president, Board of Directors, Pittsburgh Human Resources Association Adjunct professor, Duquesne University Management representative, Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committees, Labor and Employment Section, Allegheny County Bar Association Labor and Employment Section, American Bar Association | 
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