Genova, Burns & Vernoia has vast experience representing employers in labor and employment law matters. Our twenty years of representing management in such matters has taught us that time consuming and expensive litigation can often be avoided through preventative risk management. Our firm's experienced labor and employment attorneys provide counseling, advice, training and compliance and audit reviews for clients faced with the daily issues which arise under the complex and ever changing labor and employment laws which govern the employer-employee relationship.

Our attorneys are available as a resource to provide training to in-house counsel, Human Resource professionals, and other management staff who seek to utilize preventative measures to avoid employment related claims, complaints and adversarial proceedings. Our experience has confirmed that many of the traps into which our clients have fallen could have been avoided with aggressive training of the appropriate employees, early intervention by management and preventative legal advice.

Genova, Burns & Vernoia offers human resource and labor law training, as well as audit and compliance services, in all aspects of labor and employment law, including but not limited to:

• Union Organizational Campaigns and Elections – We provide management training and election campaign training (including analysis of the proposed federal Employee Free Choice Act).

• Harassment and Discrimination Liability Risk Management - We train management teams on how to avoid pitfalls of hostile environment and other forms of discrimination liability under state and federal laws.

• Diversity Training – We offer management training on the legal aspects of workplace diversity.

• State and Federal Family and Medical Leave Laws – We provide compliance and HR audit services in connection with complex maze of state and federal mandates.

• State and Federal Disability Laws – We have extensive experience on issues such as reasonable accommodations and avoidance of disability discrimination liability.

• Hiring, Discipline and Termination – We provide guidance on management techniques that minimize legal risk.

• Wage and Hour Compliance – The firm's experts provide audit and compliance services under the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws.

• Employee Privacy Laws – We address electronic surveillance, medical privacy, searches, e-mail and internet policies.

• Corporate Ethics and Internal Investigations – The firm has a group of attorneys who specialize in matters of corporate ethics and internal investigations. We provide advice on the creation of ethics policies. We also perform and train employers on how to conduct internal investigations.

• Employment Laws Made Simple – This program provides an overview of state and federal employment laws, to whom they apply, how they operate and the ramifications for failing to comply.

• Maintaining Employee Relations in a Union Environment – This training is uniquely designed for employers managing a unionized workplace. This training is particularly useful when an employer loses a union election or merges with or acquires a unionized entity.

Our training, audit, and compliance programs are components to a comprehensive risk management plan. The programs include prevention strategies and are designed not to be mere lectures, but are undertaken in an interactive context to encourage hands on training for each participant. The programs identify every day workplace scenarios and include guidance as to the manner in which each should be effectively handled. Before each training session, the trainer and the client will discuss specific issues which are of concern to the client, thus allowing the customization of the training to focus on the client's particular needs. In addition, often times, a review and revision of the client's applicable policies precedes the training, allowing the program to assist in the roll out and implementation of new policies.

For more information, please contact: John C. Petrella, Esq. 973-535-7108 or jpetrella@gbvlaw.com.