Whether union, non-union, gig or some combination, we help transportation employers scale and structure their shops to meet competitive pressures. We excel in helping negotiate labor contracts and identifying and resolving union-management conflicts before they escalate. We also address the full range of vulnerability assessments, corporate campaign/union organizing responses, and reductions-in-force and reorganizations, as well as independent contractor relationships. 

> Labor Relations

The transportation sector is marked by long and irregular working hours coupled with various compensation plans. We help employers ensure adherence to the matrix of federal and state wage and hour laws, including industry-specific requirements, overtime pay, minimum wage requirements, wage disparity and capturing and managing hours worked effectively to prevent wage and hour compliance issues and ensure compliance with meal and rest break laws. We also help clients audit their independent contractor relationships to ensure that workers are classified properly. 

> Wage and Hour

We help transportation employers successfully manage a workforce that is increasingly diverse and dispersed due to a combination of factors unique to their sector — the retirement of current drivers/pilots/engineers, the need to increase the hiring of qualified drivers/pilots/engineers, the opportunities presented by female, veteran and other minorities entering the market for these roles, shifting perceptions of the industry workforce, and responses to competition from other sectors — to address growing work-life considerations, and ensure a positive working environment. We help clients maintain their positive employee culture by conducting employee investigations into alleged harassment, discrimination and retaliation complaints. We also help transportation industry clients who are government contractors with their affirmative action compliance. 

> Corporate Diversity Counseling 

> Workplace Training

> Affirmative Action, OFCCP and Government Contract Compliance

In the highly regulated transportation industry, non-compliance can result in significant fines and legal issues. We help clients navigate the complex web of federal, state, and local laws and regulations that apply to their unique workforce. We audit, offer day-to-day advice, and help clients develop hiring and employment policies and practices designed to quickly hire and retain transportation workers who can safely meet the time-sensitive demands of the job without violating the various applicable federal, state and local laws, including DOT regulations, the FRSA, FAA, ADA, FMLA, PWFA, PUMP Act, Title VII, state workers compensation, state and local paid sick leave and family medical leave laws, and biometric information privacy laws — to name a few. When it comes to creating solutions, we break down silos and make sure every issue is considered from every angle. 

> National Compliance and Multi-State Solutions

We help our employers drive toward ever safer workplace environments by helping them with OSHA safety standards, DOT drug testing requirements and non-DOT drug testing laws. 

> Workplace Safety and Health 

> Drug Testing and Substance Abuse Management

Our representation of clients before federal and state courts, arbitrators, and government agencies includes defending against wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims; defending class and collective wage and hour claims; defending privacy claims arising out of the use of employee biometric information; and handling matters before administrative agencies tasked with enforcing the NLRA, RLA and FRSA, to name a few. 

> Class Actions and Complex Litigation