Labor Counsel Services

The Vendor is required to provide legal services to the city in matters involving collective bargaining, labor law, personnel and employee relations.
- Requirement:
•    Compliance with state and federal employment laws, including, but not limited to MERA, FMLA, ADA, title vii of the civil rights act, ADEA, FLSA, pregnancy discrimination act, osha and aca 
•    Unemployment compensation 
•    Ada labor matters 
•    Discrimination, anti-harassment 
•    Litigation 
•    Wage, hour and overtime standards 
•    Mediation 
•    Arbitration (grievance and interest) 
•    Collective bargaining and labor contract administration and interpretation 
•    Employment practices, workplace policies and procedures 
•    Be accessible to the city to provide legal assistance and counsel as applicable 
•    All other matters typically associated with municipal labor law, state and federal labor law, personnel and employee relations 
•    Other services as may be directed by the mayor and human resources and corporation counsel. 
•    Provide updates to city management on recent case law involving labor and employment law matters. 
•    Provide training to city personnel on labor and employment law 
•    The selected firm(s) must employ and make available to the city, counsel that are admitted in good standing to the bar of the state.