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Employment Law
Blish & Cavanagh
LLP represents employers and employees in both
the public and private sectors in employment and labor matters.
We advise clients on issues relating to the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act, Title VII matters
(including discrimination based on race and sex, and sexual harassment)
the Fair Employment Practices Act, the Family And Medical Leave Act,
collective bargaining negotiations, interest and grievance arbitrations,
contract negotiations, employment contracts, personnel policies,
employment handbooks, non-competition agreements, confidentiality
agreements, severance agreements, employment layoffs and terminations,
and unemployment compensation claims.
In addition to counseling clients on how to avoid litigation, our
attorneys represent clients before state and federal administrative agencies with
jurisdiction over employment matters, including the Rhode Island
Commission for Human Rights, the Massachusetts Commission against
Discrimination, and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
We also represent clients in employment-related arbitration and in litigation in the
trial courts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, the U.S. District Courts
in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and the First Circuit Court of
Appeals.
For further information about this area of practice, please
contact Stephen J. Reid, Jr. at 401-831-8900
or by e-mail at sjr@blishcavlaw.com.
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