Your business is only as strong as the individual employees who help it run smoothly. That’s why we make certain your business embodies an environment that is safe, compliant, and supportive of your staff.
Our multidisciplinary team approach approaches employment and labor law in a way to ensure we develop strategies that help you prevent issues when possible, and resolve problems in an efficient manner when they arise. Because of our experience representing Northeast Ohio employers as they manage the challenges of running a business, we know what it takes to assist you with your most complex employment and labor needs.
Whether you are looking to grow your team, downsize, or simply navigate through the ever-changing world of employment and labor matters, we create solutions that see you through your biggest concerns. You can sleep soundly knowing we represent, support, and protect you and your business.
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Areas of Practice
- • Collective Bargaining and Grievance Arbitration
- • Day-to-Day Labor and Employment Advice and Consulting
- • Defense of Union Organizing Campaigns
- • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- • Employment Discrimination and Harassment Litigation and Arbitration
- • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Proceedings
- • ERISA and Employee Benefits
- • National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Proceedings
- • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Compliance and Proceedings
- • Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC) Proceedings
- • Personnel Practices Consulting
- • State Audit Proceedings and Findings
- • Training of Management and Staff
- • Unemployment Proceedings, including Job & Family Services Proceedings and Litigation
- • Unfair Competition, Non-Compete, and Trade Secret Litigation
- • Wage and Hour Proceedings, including Class and Collective Action Litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- • Wrongful Discharge and Retaliation Litigation and Arbitration
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Attorneys in this Practice Area
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Katie J. DuffyPartner
Joseph J. FeltesOffice Partner-in-Charge
Victor T. GeraciPartner
Dale A. NowakPartner
Susan C. RodgersPartner
Heather SteeleAssociate
R. Clint Zollinger Jr.Of Counsel
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News and Publications
- NLRB Says Severance Agreements That Contain Broad Confidentiality And Non-Disparagement Clauses Violate The National Labor Relations Act
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Employment Issues (30 minute webinar)
- Supreme Court Delivers Historic Decision on LGBTQ Rights in the Workplace
- U.S. Department of Labor puts out additional guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) in its expanded Q&A.
- The U.S. Department of Labor issues model notice as required by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).
- DOL releases first round of guidance on Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act – Key Takeaways and Requirements
- Ohio Chamber: Sexual Harassment Claims in the ‘Me-Too’ Era
- Supreme Court stops employers from collecting automatic agency fees for public-sector unions
- MD-News | LGBT: Legally-protected in the Workplace
- CRAIN’S CLEVELAND | Notable Women in Law – Susan Rodgers
- Crain’s Cleveland Business – OSHA is strengthening its focus on record-keeping: Is your company in compliance?
- BUCKINGHAM HIRES EMPLOYMENT & LABOR ASSOCIATE, BRIAN M. WHITE
- Best Lawyers Business Edition – Godshall Named Female “Attorney of the Year Honoree’
- Crain’s Cleveland Business, Akron Edition – Businesses should be proactive and prepared for the final white collar exemption rules
- 3 Employment Updates Every Executive Needs to Know
- TIPS TO AVOID WAGE AND HOUR LIABILITY
- 31 Buckingham Attorneys Named 2016 Best Lawyers® in America
- Update: Status of President Obama’s Recent Actions Concerning the Fair Labor Standards Act
- Absence of “Magic Permanent Assignment Language” does not Preclude Leased Employee Exception
- Pavlidis, Vrabel Promoted to Shareholders at Buckingham
- 31 Buckingham attorneys named 2015 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Transportation for Hire: Truck Exemption Disallowed Due to Lack of Evidence
- 31 Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC Attorneys Named to 2015 Best Lawyers® in America List
- Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) Was A Pension Exempt From City Income Tax
- Buckingham Welcomes Andrew Haring as an Associate Attorney in the Cleveland Office
- Gerald Chattman & Other Buckingham Attorneys Receive Special Recognition
- 30 Buckingham Attorneys Named to 2014 Best Lawyers® in America List
- Thirty-nine Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC attorneys recognized by Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America
- Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC Attorneys Recognized As 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Ohio Supreme Court clarifies the support needed to claim the permanent assignment exception for taxable employment services
- Sales Tax on Employment Services… Taking a Deep Dive into the Tax Businesses Love to Hate
- Ohio Job Creation Credit Expanded To Include Telecommuting Employees
- Employer State Income Tax Withholding with Today’s Mobile Workforce
- Ohio Use Tax Liability, Reporting, Compliance and Enforcement Issue
- MTC Proposes Measures to Simplify State Income Tax Withholding for Mobile Employees
