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425 West Capitol Avenue
Suite 1800
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
T: +1 (501) 688-8800
F: +1 (501) 688-8807
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. is a full-service law firm with Arkansas roots and national reach. For 70 years, we have delivered sophisticated legal counsel to individuals, entities and corporations for everything from day-to-day business needs to the most complex corporate matters. From offices in Little Rock, Rogers and Jonesboro, Arkansas and Austin, Texas, we leverage the power of experience for our valued clients.
Mitchell Williams' Labor & Employment team provides comprehensive advice and counseling in employment and labor law to private and public employers on a myriad of federal and state matters. Our goal is to work as partners with our clients to find practical solutions to labor and employment problems. We understand the need for prompt responses to client inquiries and have the necessary experience and depth to provide quick and effective service.
If proceedings are necessary, we have seasoned litigators with substantial trial experience in all phases and types of employment litigation, ranging from individual charges of discrimination to class and collective actions. We have significant experience with insured/EPLI claims in addition to self-insured claims.
Our team has extensive experience providing advice and representation in the following areas:
- Affirmative action (OFCCP).
- Alternative dispute resolution (mediation, arbitration).
- Appellate practice.
- Arkansas common law (including wrongful discharge, defamation, negligent hiring/retention, outrage).
- Background and reference checks (FCRA).
- Business restructuring (reductions in force or RIFs, WARN Act, employment related aspects of corporate acquisitions).
- Class action avoidance and defense.
- Compliance sssistance (including employee handbook drafting and review, supervisor training, investigations and daily advice).
- Contingent workforce (temporary employees and independent contractors).
- Corporate compliance (Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank).
- Employee benefits & executive compensation (ERISA, COBRA, Section 409A).
- Employment contracts.
- Employer taxes.
- Employer litigation.
- Equal employment opportunity (including EEOC charges alleging discrimination, harassment, failure to accommodate and retaliation) (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, ADA, ADEA, USSERA, Arkansas Civil Rights Act).
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
- Immigration.
- Labor management relations (including union avoidance, elections, and contract/CBA negotiations) (NLRA).
- Privacy and data protection (ADA, HIPAA, FTC Red Flag Rule).
- Unemployment benefits.
- Unfair competition and trade secrets.
- Wage and hour (including DOL complaints alleging unpaid overtime and exempt misclassifications) (FLSA).
- Workers' compensation.
- Workplace safety (OSHA, MSHA).