Greenberg Traurig Labor & Employment Attorney Justin F. Keith Presents at the 2015 NASF Washington Forum
BOSTON (PRWEB) April 17, 2015 -- Justin F. Keith, a labor and employment attorney in Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Boston office, was a featured presenter at the 2015 National Association of Surface Finishing (NASF) Washington Forum, April 14-16, 2015 in Washington, DC. The conference focused on providing insights into the regulatory, legislative, and legal challenges ahead for the finishing industry and manufacturing.
On Wednesday, April 15, 2015, from 11:30 a.m. -12 p.m., Keith gave a presentation entitled “NLRB, EEOC & the Department of Labor: Challenges for Employers in 2015.” He discussed new legal developments at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Labor, and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), with an emphasis on the NLRB’s recently-enacted “quickie” election rules.
Keith represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law, including litigation of discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, reductions in force, and numerous other personnel and workplace issues. He is experienced with wage and hour class actions brought under the Massachusetts Wage Act and nationwide collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Keith regularly provides counsel to senior management and human resource personnel on employment law compliance matters, such as reductions in force, leaves of absence, exempt status classification under the FLSA and state law, employee discipline, and restrictive covenant agreements. His practice also encompasses all areas of traditional labor law, including union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining negotiations, unfair labor practice charges, and representation case proceedings before the NLRB, union avoidance strategy and training, strike response and contingency planning, grievance arbitration proceedings, and appellate litigation before the NLRB and the Courts of Appeals.
About Greenberg Traurig’s Boston Office
Established in 1999, Greenberg Traurig’s Boston office is home to more than 60 attorneys practicing in the areas of corporate, emerging technology, governmental affairs, healthcare, intellectual property, labor and employment, life sciences and medical technology, litigation, public finance, and real estate. An important contributor to the firm's international platform, the Boston office includes a team of nationally recognized attorneys with both public and private sector experience. The team offers clients the value of decades of legal experience and hands-on knowledge of the local business community, supported by the firm's vast network of global resources.
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, multi-practice law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients from 37 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm is among the “Power Elite” in the 2014 BTI Client Relationship Scorecard report, which assesses the nature and strength of law firms' client relationships. For additional information, please visit http://www.gtlaw.com.
Lisa Murray, Greenberg Traurig, +1 617.835.0396, [email protected]
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