Industries & Practices
Health Care Employment & Labor
We help health care employers manage their physicians (and other providers), support staff, administrative personnel and medical staff, as well as comply with applicable labor and employment laws.
Our attorneys, with both health care and employment backgrounds, counsel and advise hospitals and other providers on employment-related issues. We also defend hospitals and their managers against claims by employees and former employees of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of contract and other employment-related claims.
Our experience includes:
- FMLA leave and ADA issues
- Anti-discrimination, harassment and retaliation issues
- Employment policies and procedures
- Investigations
- Executive compensation issues (409(A))
- Employment-related tax issues
- Employee and provider service and employment contracts
- Separation/severance agreements
- Layoffs/reductions in force
- Non-competition/non-solicitation/confidentiality agreements
- Workers’ compensation and VSSR issues
- OSHA Issues
- Immigration issues
- Union-related issues, including union organizing
- Retirement and welfare benefits and pension plans (457, 403(b), 401(k) and SERP)
We represent hospitals and their employees before the following forums:
- State courts
- Federal courts
- U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
- Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC)
Executive-level discrimination investigation
Served as an external investigator for a large organization in response to allegations of race and gender discrimination reported against a member of the organization's senior leadership team. ...
MoreCOVID-19 management counseling
Helped clients understand their legal obligations under new labor and employment laws passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Drafted work-from-home, leave, and reopening policies; advised on ...
MoreWorkers’ compensation settlement defense
Represented a medical center in defending a workers’ compensation settlement that was challenged by an employee, who, despite agreeing to the settlement, argued that the settlement amount was...
MoreDisability discrimination and harassment defense
Defended a health care system against claims of disability discrimination and harassment and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) interference lodged by a 10-year employee against two members of the...
MoreHealthcare client’s bonus program audit
Conducted a full analysis of a healthcare client’s multi-faceted bonus programs to determine compliance with state and federal wage and hour laws. Developed options for changing the criteria ...
MoreUnion-related risk for hospital acquisition
Managed employment law aspects of merger effort between a major health system and eastern Ohio hospital system with several unions. Counseled the health system on the risks of proceeding with the a...
MoreSexual harassment and retaliation claims against a...
Advised a hospital board of trustees regarding an investigation into the CEO’s handling of an employee’s sexual harassment and retaliation claims against a supervising physician. Negoti...
MoreSexual harassment termination and subsequent claim...
Represented a regional health system in a harassment lawsuit following the termination of an employee related to her affair with a coworker. She had claimed that ten other influential employe...
MoreHealth system crisis protocol
Advised a regional health system’s vice president of human relations regarding the investigation, suspension and ultimate termination of a nurse who allegedly made off-duty threats to an on-d...
MoreHospital executive compensation and severance
Advised a nationally recognized hospital on the negotiation of the departure of multiple members of senior leadership. Drafted employment and separation agreements and negotiated severance amounts....
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Justin D. Cook
Partner and Tax Practice Group Chair
Marie-Joëlle C. Khouzam
Partner & Employment Practice Group Chair
N. Bradford Wells
Of Counsel