Labor & Employment Law

Whatley Drake & Kallas's Labor Law practice encompasses a broad spectrum of the law that covers the relationship between groups of employees, organized into unions, and employers. The firm's lawyers have a long history of representing unions locally and nationally in collective bargaining, labor arbitration, labor disputes, labor legislation and regulation, labor relations board proceedings, unfair labor practices, union relations, wage and hour laws, and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

Whatley Drake & Kallas's Employment Law practice encompasses a wide range of employment-related matters. The firm has handled a wide variety of employment disputes, including equal opportunity issues; wrongful discharge; gender, age, race, disability, national origin, and religious discrimination in violation of state and federal law; actions alleging violation of the Equal Pay Act; violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act; violation of the National Labor Relations Act; violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act; and violation of other state and federal wage and hour laws; whistle-blowers, tenure disputes, Title IX and numerous other employment issues. The firm's attorneys represent clients in proceedings before federal and state courts. The firm also has extensive appellate experience that can be beneficial to its clients.