About
Provided by Balch & Bingham LLP
Balch & Bingham’s Mississippi Labor & Employment practice represents employers nationally in workplace counseling, labor relations, employment litigation, and regulatory compliance. The team is known for its depth in complex union matters, EEOC proceedings, federal contractor compliance, wage and hour issues, and healthcare employment matters.
The team advises employers on human resources issues, workplace investigations, discipline and discharge, disability accommodations, leave management, wage and hour compliance, employment policies, employee handbooks, restrictive covenants, severance, workforce restructuring, training, audits, and agency proceedings. Balch also defends employers in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, ADA, FMLA, ADEA, Title VII, FLSA, whistleblower, unfair competition, and collective action matters.
Balch's labor relations experience includes NLRB unfair labor practice charges, collective bargaining, labor contract negotiation and interpretation, grievance proceedings, and labor arbitration. Additionally, they counsel employers on Davis-Bacon Act, Service Contract Act, OFCCP, OSHA, prevailing wage, apprenticeship, and federal contractor compliance issues, with experience serving employers in energy, nuclear power, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, construction, financial services, marine transportation, and heavy industry.