As public entities strive to meet the challenges of the current fiscal environment, the development of successful negotiating strategies and realization of bargaining objectives is of paramount importance. Related to this, we provide a number of valuable support services intended to assist labor attorneys and human resources directors in developing and presenting management’s position in fact-finding, arbitration and other situations. These services include:

Development and presentation of information to support or dispute labor comparables

Assistance in developing labor strategies

Collection of information from other entities pertaining to wages and benefits, working conditions
    and other contractual matters

Analysis on budgetary information and development of “ability-to-pay” arguments

Development of labor exhibits and testimony in related hearings.

Our people work with many labor attorneys and human resources departments and have significant experience in legal proceeding pertaining to the compulsory arbitration process required by Public Act 312.