McElroy Deutsch has nearly 400 attorneys and professional staff members who work from 13 offices in 9 states. We provide individuals, companies, and public and private organizations with a broad range of legal services, across several industries and professional disciplines. Our attorneys have extensive experience involving a broad range of matters.

Labor & Employment

McElroy Deutsch's Labor and Employment Group is renowned not only in New Jersey, but also in the other states in which we practice, and has experience in all aspects of labor and employment law. The Firm has experienced Labor and Employment lawyers in New Jersey and in several of its offices in other states, including New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Colorado.

McElroy Deutsch lawyers represent employers in a wide-ranging labor and employment practice, and defend clients against various statutory claims of alleged discrimination in hiring, promotion, benefits and discharge, and statutory and common-law wrongful discharge claims. These cases, which range from nationwide class actions to single-plaintiff suits, often have included novel constitutional, statutory, and public policy issues. McElroy Deutsch’s clients have obtained favorable jury verdicts rejecting discrimination and other claims brought by terminated employees.

In seeking to prevent employment problems, clients rely on our broad experience for counsel on day-to-day issues and practices to minimize the risk of discrimination and retaliation claims, and other claims based on employment handbooks and other written and oral representations. Clients also seek our advice on organizational restructurings, downsizings, plant closings, substance abuse testing, the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (“CEPA”), Section 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, OSHA, FCRA, and other statutory obligations. Our attorneys also advise and represent clients before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.

In addition to representing and counselling private employers, McElroy Deutsch has more than twenty years of experience servicing governmental entities in the labor and employment arena. McElroy Deutsch attorneys have handled labor and employment matters on behalf of public entities in state and federal courts as well as before the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, the New Jersey Merit System Board, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Division of Wage and Hour.

Our labor and employment attorneys also negotiate Collective Bargaining Agreements in both the public and private sectors, and have negotiated contracts covering thousands of employees. They additionally provide advice with respect to issues regarding employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, wage and hour compliance, family/medical leave, and general disciplinary matters in union and non-union work environments.