Lawyers certified in labor and employment law have specialized knowledge of state and federal labor and employment laws. Employment lawyers represent clients on employment matters, such as employer-employee relationships, employment contracts, sexual harassment, wage and hour disputes, work safety including OSHA regulations, and labor organizations.
For purposes of the board certification program, the term "labor and employment law" includes dealing with the relationships among employers, employees or their labor organizations, except workers’ compensation.
The definition of "labor and employment law" includes:
Lawyer Legion maintains a directory of board-certified labor and employment law specialists in Texas along with a broader directory of board-certified and non-certified lawyers in Texas and other employment law attorneys in the United States. Although not all qualified employment law attorneys are board-certified, attorneys who have earned their status as certified specialists have taken the extra step of submitting to evaluation.
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For employment law attorneys in Texas to become board certified in labor and employment law, the lawyer must provide information as required by TBLS concerning specific tasks he or she has performed in labor and employment law.
The attorney must show that he or she has engaged directly and substantially in a broad practice of labor and employment law within the 3 years immediately preceding application in at least 3 of the areas within the definition of labor and one of which must be practice involving the National Labor Relations Act.
The attorney must submit required information concerning such practice, the frequency of the work, the jurisdictions involved, and the nature of the issues involved.
The attorney must show practice involving laws regulating or involving labor relations (National Labor Relations Act) by one of the following methods:
Additionally, the attorney must show that he or she has been engaged directly and substantially in 2 additional areas within the definition of labor and employment law.
The attorney must show by detailed response that he or she has engaged at a significant level of responsibility in litigation in federal or state court or arbitration.
