Labor, Employment & Workers Compensation

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Employment makes America work. The natural tensions between management and the work force have resulted in the development of a myriad of federal and state laws governing the workplace, many of which have just come down the pike in the last fifteen years.

Landrum & Friduss has handled literally over seven hundred and fifty (750) employment matters, ranging from litigation over sexual harassment, hostile work environment, racial discrimination, religious discrimination, equal pay, class action overtime, age discrimination, and disabilities discrimination, to breach of contract, anti-competition issues, covenants not to compete, unfair business practices, and intentional interference with employment and business relations. Landrum & Friduss performs discrimination compliance audits and training. Our attorneys represent employers and employees in all areas of employment law.

In the public entities and officials context, Landrum & Friduss’ attorneys have been involved in some of the most complex First Amendment appellate cases in Georgia history. While fiercely devoted to the guarantees of free speech, Landrum & Friduss is equally devoted to the prevention of needless, costly, and time-consuming litigation over meritless matters disguised as free speech. Landrum & Friduss attorneys have been published on First Amendment issues in national publications.

In employment litigation, Landrum & Friduss attorneys have dispositively succeeded on motion or at trial in every federal district in Georgia, as well as in numerous Georgia state and superior courts.

Landrum & Friduss’ commitment to top tier legal representation in the employment arena has rich, deep, and historic roots. In 1959, as a direct result of Senate hearings on improper activities in the fields of labor and management, Congressman Phillip M. Landrum, Sr. co-authored the Landrum-Griffin Act emanating from the United States Congress. Congressman Landrum, as well as numerous other hard working public officials, authored laws resulting from uncovered evidence of collusion between dishonest employers and union officials, the use of violence by certain segments of labor leadership, and the diversion and misuse of labor union funds by high-ranking officials. The act provides for the regulation of internal union affairs, including the regulation and control of union funds, restrictions preventing Communist Party and former convicts from serving as union officials, and the like. See, The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press.

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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

Under Georgia’s statutory Workers Compensation scheme, (employers of three or more employees) are responsible for providing certain medical and indemnity benefits to their employees for injuries sustained in the course and scope of their employment. Some employers purchase insurance for such claims, while others are self-insured. Either way, the employer has an obligation to provide certain benefits to the employee or to timely controvert (dispute) the employee’s claim for benefits. Vigorously defending improper claims benefits both employers and insurers by keeping claim and insurance costs down and discouraging dishonest and fraudulent behavior in the workplace.

At Landrum & Friduss we are committed to providing efficient legal representation to Georgia’s employers. In Georgia, the State Board of Workers’ Compensation has exclusive jurisdiction over workers’ compensation claims. It’s website has useful information for both employers and claimants and can be found on the web at http://sbwc.georgia.gov/.

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