The lawyers in Hinckley, Allen & Snyder’s Labor and Employment Law Group provide extraordinary breadth and depth of experience in all areas of employment and labor law. With an average of 17 years of experience, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder lawyers provide advice and representation to both non-union and union employers. Having represented employers in over 500 discrimination cases and thousands of labor matters, we have the experience to counsel clients in all areas of labor and employment law. That counseling is based on the hard won knowledge gained from successfully defending discrimination charges, OSHA complaints, DOL and OFCCP audits, employment claims, NLRB hearings and union organizations drives, ERISA claims, immigration, and wage and hour issues in arbitrations, trials in state and federal courts, and administrative proceedings before state and federal agencies in 28 states and the District of Columbia. We also regularly represent employers in collective bargaining negotiations with all of the major trade unions.
Our labor and employment lawyers have extensive experience in preparing employee handbooks, affirmative action plans, executive contracts, benefit plans and SPD’s, and all types of employment related forms and notices. We regularly prosecute and defend lawsuits to enforce non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, and executive employment contracts. Because most cases settle, our lawyers have developed specific skills and strategies for alternate dispute resolution. We bring our courtroom experience to the boardroom every day, counseling management proactively on the complex labor and employment law issues facing employers in today’s economy. more 
Our clients include private and publicly-traded companies and clients in manufacturing, construction, wholesale and retail trade, financial services, hospitals and other health care facilities, colleges and universities, public utilities, and state and local governments.
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When sued for sex discrimination, a chain of women-only health clubs called on HAS lawyers to defend the suit. While defending the case, HAS lawyers drafted and helped pass legislation amending the public-accommodation statute to allow specifically for such facilities and to avoid further litigation.
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The first case in Massachusetts defining “handicap” under the state anti-discrimination statute was successfully defended by Hinckley, Allen & Snyder lawyers.
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The first article on sexual harassment published in the Boston legal press and the prototype sexual harassment policy were drafted and published by a Hinckley, Allen & Snyder attorney.
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When the National Association of Securities Dealers decided that its arbitrators needed to know employment law, it chose a HAS attorney to train its arbitrators in New England.
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One of the key decisions establishing that there is no individual liability under Title VII involved a case successfully defended by Hinckley, Allen & Snyder attorneys.
