From collective bargaining to policy implementation, hiring to firing, KP Law provides a full range of management-side labor and employment services, with a focus on the specific issues facing governmental/municipal employers, including public schools. Through periodic bulletins, we keep our clients up-to-date on the latest case law, statutes, and employment trends, both on the state and federal levels, at no extra charge.
The firm’s primary labor and employment practice areas include:
Labor and Employment Related Litigation
- Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
- Civil Service Commission
- Labor Relations Commission
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- State and Federal Court litigation, including wrongful termination, breach of contract, due process and equal protection claims, to name a few
Labor Negotiations
- Negotiation of Collective
Bargaining Agreements - Representation at proceedings before the Joint Labor Management Committee
- Arbitrations and Contract Disputes, including Collective Bargaining-related Grievances
General Labor and Employment Services
- Policy Drafting and Implementation (Including Drafting of Personnel Policies and Bylaws/Ordinances)
- Advice on the Provision of Health Insurance under G.L. c. 32B
- CORI Questions
- Advice regarding Employee Hiring and Termination
- Disciplinary and Grievance Proceedings
- Negotiation and Drafting of Non-Union Employment Contracts
- Internal Investigations (for example, claims of workplace discrimination)
- Unemployment Claims
- Guidance on the requirements of state and federal laws relating to employment such as FMLA, ADA, ADEA, Title VII, and G.L. c. 151B
- Retirement Issues
- Opinion Letters on a Variety of Labor and Employment Questions
- Training Seminars (for example, sexual harassment prevention training)