Franco Moroney Buenik is engaged in all facets of employment litigation both directly for employers and in representing parties insured for employment practices/torts. Our practice and experience includes litigation relating to the following:
- Representation of employers subject to collective bargaining agreements in disputes over pension and welfare payments to union employees
- OSHA fines and penalties
- Defamation/commercial disparagement.
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Hostile work environment
- Workplace violence
- Privacy
- Municipal/governmental liability, including § 1981 and § 1983 claims, Equal Protection, Due Process and Bivens claims
- Quasi-employment torts, including tortious interference with prospective economic advantage, tortious interference with contract
- Discrimination, including age discrimination in employment, Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII: Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Sex, Human Rights Act, and common law/municipal ordinance discrimination claims
- Litigation of wage and hour claims, including Mini Davis-Bacon claims, Illinois Department of Employment Security claims, termination claims: Vacation/severance/bonus/unemployment claims, and Fair Labor Standards Act claims
- Representation of employers involved in litigation over non-compete agreements, trade secret misappropriation, breach of fiduciary duties, defense of personal injury and catastrophic claims, claims under the Human Rights Act, tetaliatory discharge, fraud, wrongful termination