Amy J. Zdravecky

Amy represents employers throughout the United States in traditional labor relations and employment law matters, with an emphasis on National Labor Relations Board proceedings, union organizing drives and NLRB-conducted elections, arbitration cases, contract negotiations and employment discrimination matters.  Amy also frequently provides training and counseling to clients regarding positive employee relations, union avoidance, sexual harassment and compliance with a variety of employment-related statutes, including Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA, the FMLA and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Prior to joining the firm, Amy was a partner at the law firm of Neal Gerber Eisenberg.  Amy is a member of the Labor & Employment Law section of the American Bar Association and is a member of the ABA’s Subcommittee on the Development of the Law under the NLRA.

Amy has been recognized by Chambers & Partners as an up and coming labor and employment lawyer in Chambers USA (2009 – 2012).   She was also named one of the “Top One Hundred Labor Attorneys” in the U.S. for 2008 and 2009, an honor representing the top one percent of labor attorneys in the country.

Amy was a contributing editor to the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 Supplements and to the Sixth Edition of the Developing Labor Law.  She was also a contributing editor to the ABA’s The Labor Lawyer, Summer 2006 edition.

Amy regularly makes presentations on a variety of employment law issues, both to employers directly and at seminars.  Topics include, “Remaining Union-Free in 2009 and Beyond,” “Strategies for Making Unions Unnecessary,” “How to Win Every NLRB Conducted Election,” and “Dealing With Your Union With Confidence.”  Amy also teaches Block I for the Institute of Applied Management and Law’s course, “The Certificate in Employee Relations Law.” 

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News

• Ruling on NLRB Members Puts Board's Actions in Judicial Limbo
• "Lawyers Call Social Media Rights Uncertain as They Await Clarification by NLRB Courts"

Publications

• NLRB Overrules Longstanding Precedent, Provides Opportunity for Unions to Obtain Confidential Witness Statements Used in Internal Investigations
• NLRB Administrative Law Judge Further Expands Controversial D.R. Horton Decision, Strikes Down Non-Mandatory Arbitration Agreement
• D.R. Horton Decision on Class Action Waivers in Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Draws Decidedly Negative Reaction from Federal Courts
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Events

• Labor Law in the Union/Non-Union Workplace
• 2013 Employment Law Conference
• Best Practices for Managing Employees in the Hospitality Industry
• Will Class Action Waivers Survive The NLRB’s Decision In DR Horton?
• Can My Employer Really Require Me to Friend It? The Latest Word in Social Media, What It Is and What Are the Lawful Uses of this Information
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