Overview
Nexsen Pruet has one of the largest, most experienced Employment and Labor Groups in the Carolinas. With more than 25 attorneys, we provide a comprehensive range of services including advice and counsel, training, and litigation of claims before administrative agencies and in state and federal courts.
We believe the best way to defend against employment and labor disputes is to avoid them, so we also assist clients through proper planning, management training, development of effective policies and practices, and audits that expose potential issues and shape appropriate responses. At the same time, however, our attorneys have the litigation skills to aggressively pursue any matter through trial when it is in the best interests of the employers we represent.
Complete capabilities in multiple areas
Nexsen Pruet's Employment and Labor Group represents management in both union and non-union environments. We have successfully handled matters involving all aspects of the employment relationship, including:
- Arbitrations and mediations
- Business immigration
- Discrimination, retaliation, and harassment claims
- Employee benefits design and administration
- Employee benefits litigation
- Executive contracts and compensation
- Family and Medical Leave Act issues
- Individual employee and class action suits
- Occupational safety and health
- Reductions in force and plant closings
- Trade secret protection and litigation
- Union representation elections and unfair labor practices
- Wage and hour compliance and litigation
- Whistleblower investigations and lawsuits
As Nexsen Pruet has grown, we have applied new technologies that leverage our resources without increasing expense. We continue to reinforce a firm-wide commitment to providing the best, most professional service at the greatest possible value.
Accomplished employment attorneys
Eight members of the group are listed in Best Lawyers in America® and similar surveys, and more than half of the group members have earned the highest possible ranking for legal ability and professionalism.
Nexsen Pruet's Employment and Labor Law attorneys have considerable courtroom experience. We have successfully defended employers in state and federal courts in the Carolinas and also in other regions of the country.
Services that educate and protect
At Nexsen Pruet, we understand that litigation costs significant time and money and distracts organizations from their missions. Our Employment and Labor attorneys, whose overriding goal is to recognize and prevent potential problems before they result in a claim, help clients develop employment policies and training programs, and devise solutions to complex personnel situations.
Full service, full resources
Because Nexsen Pruet is a full-service firm, our clients have access to the complete strength, skill, and resources that go beyond the Employment and Labor Group. With many other practice areas — including antitrust, construction, tax, real estate, corporate, intellectual property, and business immigration — we have the knowledge and capabilities to shape specific solutions to specific problems.
In addition to domestic employment issues, Nexsen Pruet lawyers bring global perspective and skills to their work. Many of our attorneys are fluent in foreign languages. Others help U.S.-based employers manage their overseas workforces.
For additional help, visit our team's HR Tool Kit page, for news and resources.
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Videos/Podcasts
Due to the global pandemic, employers are regularly recruiting new employees virtually. Attorney Mary Stuart King discuss what employers need to know regarding laws and challenges surrounding virtual interviewing.
Many employers are looking to update their safety and vaccination policies. Employment attorney Tommy Postek discusses what to do if an employee refuses to get vaccinated.
Mandating and incentivizing vaccines remains a complicated and controversial topic. Nexsen Pruet's Bridget Blinn-Spears breaks down what the new EEOC guidance means for businesses and employees.
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster recently signed South Carolina's COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act in to law. Employment attorney Brittany Clark discusses key takeaways for employers.
Now in its seventh year, we hope that you will join us for the 2021 Employment Law Certificate Series certification series as we expand upon content covered in previous programs to deliver more in-depth and advanced educational sessions across a range of areas critical to mitigating disputes and building highly effective and productive workplaces.
Now in its seventh year, we hope that you will join us for the 2021 Employment Law Certificate Series certification series as we expand upon content covered in previous programs to deliver more in-depth and advanced educational sessions across a range of areas critical to mitigating disputes and building highly effective and productive workplaces.
When businesses merge and sell, there are important employment issues for them to consider. Employment attorney Sarah Sloan Batson gives a high-level overview of what to consider in the early planning process of buying or selling a business.
A summary of opportunities and challenges in the world of employee compensation and benefits, hosted by employment attorneys Jim Rourke and Mike Brittingham.
Proprietary information can be your company's greatest asset. But when those assets are misappropriated by a current or former employee, the loss can be devastating to your business. Employment defense and trial lawyer Nikole Mergo discusses the legal protections afforded to proprietary information.
Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama, will soon decide if they want to remain union-free or to unionize. Employment attorney William Floyd discusses how the process raises questions and insights for other union-free employers and employees
Recent elections will result in changes to employment laws and regulations. In this webinar, Nexsen Pruet attorneys discuss: Anticipated legislative and executive branch initiatives, probable changes to employment laws, regulations, and executive orders, and pro-union labor law plans.
Nexsen Pruet attorneys and GreerWalker CPAs discuss steps all business owners should take to increase the ROI on the sale of their business. The program focuses on ways to increase the purchase price for your businesses, as well as provides insights on lowering your costs (and shortening the time it takes to close the sale of your business), which can have a dramatic effect on your net return.
Now in its sixth year, Bringing Clarity to Workplace Complexity has become the go-to employment law certification series for professionals throughout the Carolinas interested in staying up-to-speed on the latest issues and trends influencing labor and employment law.
This fall is filled with national and local election campaigning, which sometimes spills-over and disrupts the workplace. Also, what are some planning and implementation tips for employee benefits this season? During our virtual Quarterly Briefing, we discussed: Campaigning and the workplace, striving to maintain respectful, reasonable boundaries Employee benefits, planning and implementation tips and a 2021 open enrollment season, including DOL's new e-disclosure guidance.
David Garrett, Immigration attorney with Nexsen Pruet discusses immigration compliance by employers in this Covid world and three basic ways to complete Form I-9s for new hires during the pandemic.
Nikole Mergo discusses offering COVID-19 testing.
Bridget Blinn-Spears, Special Counsel with Nexsen Pruet’s Employment and Labor Team, discusses some recent shifts in EEOC’s enforcement efforts during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
David Garrett, international and immigration lawyer at Nexsen Pruet talks about traveling internationally to the United States while there are travel restrictions.
On this webinar, Nexsen Pruet attorneys Darra Coleman and David Dubberly discuss employing workers safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
William Floyd discusses ways to improve safety in the workplace during the pandemic including COVID-19 screening of employees and more.
The number of COVID-19 related complaints filed with OSHA is on the rise. What are some things you need to know when facing an OSHA investigation?
Kelly Jones shares considerations regarding workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Employment Law Certificate Series
Back in Session: 2021 Employment Law Certificate Series
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Overview
Now in its seventh year, Nexsen Pruet’s employment law certificate series is Bringing Clarity to Workplace Complexity in 2021. This has become the go-to employment law certification series for professionals throughout the Carolinas interested in staying up to speed on the latest issues and trends in labor and employment law.
Sessions will be held in webinar format through WebEx. Upon completion of the series, certificates will be issued to registrants who participate in at least 5 of the 6 live (virtual) presentations. SHRM, North Carolina and South Carolina CLE credits are pending.