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 J. Michael McGuire, with assistance from Jordan F. Dunham, won an arbitration for a global engineering company. The arbitrator denied the grievances filed by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and sustained the Company’s termination of two employees who failed to follow the Company’s procedures and had also […]

Michael McGuire was a panelist for a Maryland State Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment webinar, “NLRB Update,” on January 23, 2024. Mike and his fellow panelists discussed the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, in which the Board announced a new framework for […]

J. Michael McGuire was quoted in a November 9, 2023 Baltimore Business Journal article by Joe Ilardi, “‘Something’s Got to Give.’ Baltimore unions often face long waits – and tough fights – to get their first contracts.” (Subscription may be required for access). Mike offered comments on how the size […]

J. Michael McGuire and Maya Foster won an arbitration on behalf of a company on the issue of whether the company could count only hours actually worked towards overtime. The union had filed a grievance contending that all hours paid, including PTO, should be counted, but the arbitrator found that […]

J. Michael McGuire and Fiona W. Ong presented an update on NLRB developments and an overview of federal, D.C. and Maryland leave laws for the Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Baltimore on September 19, 2023.

We are pleased to announce that the 2023 edition of The Legal 500: Employment & Labour Law Country Comparative Guide, for which we authored the U.S. chapter, is now available. A copy of the pdf of our chapter is available here. The Legal 500 is a preeminent international rating organization for law […]

Fiona W. Ong, along with Hirschfeld Kraemer Partner Steve Hirschfeld, Chief Operating Officer of Catalight Foundation Natalie Margolis, Executive Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Chris Bedford, and Labor & Employment Practice Group Leader of Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation Neil Duke, presented a complimentary 90-minute webinar, […]

Parker Thoeni was elected to join the Board of the Conflict Resolution Center of Baltimore County. The organization supports the resolution of interpersonal and community conflict through the use of Community Mediation, Community Conferencing, and other restorative justice services and education.

J. Michael McGuire won an arbitration in which the union argued that the employer’s decision to contract out work constituted either a constructive layoff or an impermissible permanent filling of bargaining unit vacancies in violation of the collective bargaining agreement. The arbitrator found that, because the employer went to great […]

Parker Thoeni, who represents the Walters Art Museum, was quoted in a March 29, 2023 Baltimore Sun article about the Museum’s agreement to proceed with a union election in connection with the withdrawal of problematic legislation that sought to force union recognition.