For Unions

Our work for labor unions runs the gamut from contract negotiations, guidance with assessing the merits of grievances, representing clients in greivance and interest arbitrations and before the National Labor Relations Board and the Illinois State Labor Relations Board filing petitions to enforce and vacate arbitration awards, defending clients in duty of fair representation cases, to handling investigations before the U.S. Department of Labor.

We also represent clients before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois Department of Human Rights, the Illinois Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Labor, as well as in federal and state courts.

FOR EMPLOYEES

We also represent individuals and classes of individuals in employment discrimination matters including sexual harassment, race/ethnic discrimination, violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family & Medical Leave Act.

FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFIT FUNDS

JBOSH is also legal counsel to public and private sector pension funds and ERISA employee benefit funds, including both defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, health and welfare funds, industry promotion funds, and apprenticeship and training funds.

We represent clients in administrative review proceedings and in complex litigation in state and federal courts.

Our Firm provides advice to fund clients on a daily basis on a multitude of matters, including the interpretation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Illinois Pension Code, drafting of plans and trust agreements, preparing plans for IRS qualification, monitoring plan compliance, determining benefit eligibility, addressing fiduciary issues, evaluating qualified domestic relations orders, COBRA compliance, subrogation, coordination of benefits, HIPAA, appeals issues, negotiating investment management and other service provider agreements, and handling personnel matters.

In addition to providing advice on any number of ERISA and fiduciary issues, we draft the various policies required to operate employee benefit funds.