There are a wide array of labor and employment laws that regulate employment relationships in New York. Effective management of today’s workforce often requires advice of experienced counsel. We provide advice and counsel to employers on day-to-day decisions concerning employment relationships. Typical areas of advice include responding to issues of discrimination, determining whether circumstances warrant an employee’s discharge, addressing leave issues, and addressing questions that start with “will we get in trouble if . . .”
In forty years of practice, including as in-house labor counsel for the New York Daily News, Lou Pechman has counseled employers in a wide variety of industries about how to avoid litigation. Prior clients have included fortune 500 companies, Broadway theaters, health care institutions, restaurants, and “mom and pop” businesses. The keystone to avoiding lawsuits by employees is getting the proper guidance before making the employment decision. Pechman Law Group assists employer in developing up to date employment policies and handbooks and giving insightful advice on employer relations issues.