Practice Areas & Industries: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Labor and Employment Law is one of the practice areas for which Fulbright & Jaworski is best known. We have over 80 years of experience representing employers across the United States in virtually every industry and on subject matters as diverse as the problems that arise in the workplace.

• Affirmative Action
• Civil Rights
• Transactions and Restructuring
• Employment Benefits Litigation
• Safety and Health
• Wage-Hour and Other Labor Standards
• Management-Union Relations
• Public Sector Employment Issues
• Various Labor & Employment Laws
• Wrongful Discharge & Employment Tort Litigation

Services Available

The following list is intended to illustrate the breadth and depth of our experience. It is by no means exhaustive.

• Counseling and Preventive Measures
• Civil Rights Charges and Litigation
• Management-Labor Relations
• Wage-Hour
• Occupational Safety and Health
• Employment Contracts
• Employment Torts
• Workers' Compensation Retaliation
• ERISA/Employee Benefits
• Affirmative Action
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Trade Secret Protection
• Alternative Dispute Resolution

Fulbright's Labor and Employment Practice Group provides extensive services that range from counseling companies relative to the increasing number of state, federal and local laws regulating employment to representation in state and federal jury and non-jury trials and before administrative agencies. If an issue or need arises with respect to the workplace, chances are good that we deal with it regularly.

Fulbright & Jaworski's labor and employment attorneys advise and represent clients on diverse federal, state, and local laws affecting the employment relationship, including subjects such as:

• Compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act and comparable state laws
• Drug testing, including compliance with federal regulations and state laws
• Compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act in reference checks and investigations and in comparable state laws
• Early retirement programs and incentives, including compliance with the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act and ADEA
• Use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in disputes and incorporation of Arbitration and ADR provisions in employment contracts
• Employee privacy, including compliance with the Employee Polygraph Protection Act and laws restricting workplace testing and surveillance and access to medical and personnel records
• Employer sanctions and compliance with the Immigration
• Reform and Control Act
• Employment policies and handbooks
• Workplace violence

Fulbright's Labor and Employment Practice Group proactively communicates with clients regarding new labor and employment law developments through periodic newsletters and e-mail alerts. We also regularly host client seminars, conduct supervisory training and address groups concerning developments in the law.