Search

Upcoming Events

All Upcoming Events

What's New

  • USCIS Announces Revised Form I-9
    • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Notice today in the Federal Register announcing a revised Form I-9. For more information, click here for details from our affiliate consulting firm, Workplace HR.
    Read More >
  • OFCCP Issues New Compensation Directive and Rescinds Voluntary Guidelines and Compensation Standards

    • The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced today, February 26, that effective February 28, 2013 there will be significant changes in how the OFCCP addresses compensation in compliance audits and enforcement proceedings. These changes effectively open virtually every federal contractor’s actions, policies and practices that affect compensation to scrutiny, review and possible challenge by OFCCP.

    Read More >
  • 2013 OFCCP Criminal Record Directive
    • The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a new Directive 306 on “Complying with Nondiscrimination Provisions: Criminal Record Restrictions and Discrimination Based on Race and National Origin.” The OFCCP’s Criminal Record Directive issued January 29, 2013, and is effectively immediately.
    Read More >
Practice Areas Print

FortneyScott's practice focuses on the workplace.  Our broad-based experience and expertise enable us to provide efficient counsel and advice on a wide range of workplace-related matters. 

We assist clients in developing and implementing strategies to successfully manage diverse workplace challenges, for example, designing and implementing compliance programs, responding to threatened or pending litigation or union-related claims.  We successfully represent clients before government enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).  We also work as part of corporate teams in developing successful strategies and communications involving federal agencies, Congress, and the press that strengthen the reputation of corporate clients, and our advice takes into account the interests of various stakeholders, including stockholders, the workforce, and customers.  We have significant experience in several specific areas, including: 

  • Department of Labor matters, including Wage and Hour compliance under federal (including the Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act) and state law, OFCCP involving federal contractors' nondiscrimination and affirmative action obligations and OSHA.
  • Employment counseling, including all aspects of equal employment and nondiscrimination matters.
  • Executive employment matters, involving counseling and representing both executives and employers regarding executive employment and compensation matters.
  • International matters, including dispute resolution, formerly served as a judge as the U.S. Member of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal in Geneva and New York, counseling foreign-based clients on complying with U.S. workplace laws, and assisting U.S. employers in expanding outside the U.S.
  • Labor relations, including counseling employers in union campaigns and in administering collective bargaining agreements.
  • Litigation in all areas, including judicial and administrative.
  • Workplace investigations and resolutions of EEO and harassment, Sarbanes Oxley and other workplace claims; related training and compliance programs.
    •
back to top