NEW YORK (April 21, 2005) -- Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the nation's leading employment law firms, has announced a strategic alliance with Workplace Answers, a web-based HR compliance training provider. Jackson Lewis has almost 50 years of experience providing preventive workplace solutions and training to employers nationwide. Workplace Answers offers superior educational and technical expertise through its learning management system and web-based courses in employment law; topics include sexual harassment, unlawful harassment, California AB 1825, workplace violence, and ethics.
This partnership will allow Jackson Lewis to offer its clients a superior learning solution integrating web-based and in-person training. Workplace Answers customers desiring a "blended learning" solution will have the advantage of the highest quality in-person, attorney-led training integrated with the gold standard in web-based management education and compliance solutions.
"Jackson Lewis has built a national reputation representing employers with a steadfast focus on training and the prevention of employment law disputes," said Jackson Lewis partner and Management Training Practice Coordinator Michael J. Lotito. "It is this robust knowledge, insight and expertise that we bring to the Workplace Answers partnership, while also providing our clients with the best web-based training available."
Developed by employment lawyers, Workplace Answers offers web-based training courses specifically designed to enable employers to build an effective affirmative defense to employee claims of harassment and discrimination. Workplace Answers is the only web-based training company with the ability to provide several options for off-site delivery of online training: its unique "Mobile Learning Device," or the fully integrated Point-of-Sale (POS) technology, both designed for employees without Internet or computer access. Workplace Answers customizes course content to fit diverse corporate cultures. The firm is uniquely qualified as one of the only distance-learning providers to have SCORM certification and to be an approved GSA vendor for the U. S. Government.
"With hundreds of thousands of active users worldwide and clear market differentiators, Workplace Answers is on the cutting edge of web-based legal, compliance and ethics training," said Lynn D. Lieber, Esq., Workplace Answers' Chief Executive Officer. Workplace Answers customers will reap huge benefits from the depth of experience of the Jackson Lewis distinguished legal team."
About Workplace AnswersWorkplace Answers is the industry leader in personalized compliance education. Workplace Answers provides web-based employment law, compliance and ethics training solutions for hundreds of thousands of employees across more than 300 organizations worldwide, including many of the Fortune 100. Workplace Answers is headquartered in San Francisco and was founded in 1999. For more information, please visit http://www.workplaceanswers.com or call (415) 962-5600.
About Jackson LewisFounded in 1958, Jackson Lewis has 375 attorneys in 21 offices nationwide dedicated to representing management exclusively in workplace law. The firm focuses solely on employment, labor, immigration and benefits law and related litigation. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Greenville, Hartford, Long Island, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Morristown, New York, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Raleigh-Durham, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle, Stamford, Washington DC Region and White Plains.
Contact:
Michael J. Lotito
Jackson Lewis LLP
415-394-9400
Lynn D. Lieber
Workplace Answers
(415) 962-5600