Douglas J. Klein is a Principal in the New York City, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He is engaged exclusively in the practice of labor and employment law on behalf of management.
Mr. Klein regularly appears on behalf of employers in federal and state courts, at arbitrations and mediations, and before administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the United States Department of Labor, the New York State Department of Labor, the New York State Division of Human Rights, and the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Mr. Klein defends employers in a wide range of employment matters such as collective and class action wage and hour cases and discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases. He also represents clients in a variety of traditional labor law matters including representation and decertification proceedings, unfair labor practice charges, and collective bargaining negotiations.
Mr. Klein also counsels clients on compliance with federal and state labor and fair employment laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the National Labor Relations Act, the New York Labor Law, the New York State Human Rights Law and the New York City Human Rights Law. He advises clients on many other traditional labor and employment issues including wage and hour compliance, facility closings, force reductions, restrictive covenants, and human resources policy issues.
