Peter M. Avery's practice covers a broad range of labor and employment matters. He has experience in employment discrimination litigation, labor arbitration and relations, employee benefits litigation, employer counseling and severance package negotiation. Peter's employment litigation experience includes representing management in discrimination litigation before federal and state courts, and administrative bodies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He has assisted in the defense of race, age, disability, gender and national origin discrimination claims, as well as sexual harassment, whistleblower and employment contract claims. With regard to traditional labor matters, Peter has helped employers to pursue, and defend against, unfair labor practice charges. He also has assisted employers in obtaining injunctive relief for union activity and with union prevention counseling and campaigning. Peter has experience defending employers against employee benefits-related lawsuits in both class action and individual contexts and with executive severance package negotiation. In 2009, Peter was honored by his peers and named to the New Jersey Rising Stars® list, which represents only the top 2.5 percent of lawyers in New Jersey. Publications & Speeches New York Employers Must Now Advise New Hires in Writing of Their Rate of Pay and Overtime Rate
September 3, 2009 Employer May Deny FMLA Leave to Employee Who Altered Doctor's Certification
HRSpotlight.com
May 13, 2009 Three Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Attorneys Selected as New Jersey Rising Stars
March 25, 2009 Supreme Court Says Employers Have Burden to Prove the ADEA Defense that 'Reasonable Factor Other Than Age' Caused Disparate Impact
June 24, 2008 New Jersey Set to Become the Third State with Paid Family Leave
April 17, 2008 The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Now Requires Religious Accommodation in the Workplace
February 6, 2008 Can a Health Care Employer in New Jersey Refuse to Hire a Smoker?
June 1, 2007 Second Circuit: Res Judicata Does Not Bar A Plaintiff From Federal Remedies Unavailable In State Court
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
November 2006 The Diluted Equal Pay Act: How Was It Broken? How Can It Be Fixed?
Rutgers Law Review
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