Overview
With offices across the U.S., we are familiar with the local communities in which real estate employers operate as well as the local laws they must follow, which can be as varied and numerous as our clients’ properties and holdings. We are fully engaged with our clients, working together to address the struggles ushered in by the pandemic and assisting them in all phases of the industry’s recovery. Drawing on our national practice model, as well as our experience representing landlords, property managers, REITs, investment firms, investment managers and brokerage firms, we bring a multi-disciplinary approach to the entire array of workplace law matters facing real estate employers.
Some of the specific services we provide to employers in the real estate industry include:
- Outlining best practices to prevent the spread of COVID-19;
- Advising on most recent recommendations from federal and state regulators for COVID-19 PPE, administrative and engineering controls;
- Advising on COVID-19 related workforce restructuring and reductions-in-force;
- Designing COVID-19 return to work and ongoing health screening policies for employees;
- Advising property managers on best practices for managing COVID-19 reopening and infection control issues impacting commercial and residential tenants;
- Defending Title III accessibility lawsuits and representing employers in compliance investigations and enforcement actions initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as state and local anti-discrimination enforcement agencies;
- Advising on how to comply with ADA Title III regulations, including conducting surveys of existing facilities and reviewing plans for new construction and/or renovations;
- Advising on labor relations issues for both union-free and unionized employers, including negotiations with unions such as the SEIU;
- Advising on and defending litigation matters, including housing discrimination cases before HUD and state and city agencies;
- Providing advice and counsel on the entire range of workplace safety issues;
- Advising on data privacy and social media issues; and
- Formulating employee benefit programs and providing full-service counseling on employee benefits issues including but not limited to issues arising out of multi-employer pension plans.
