About this industry
The pandemic brought the life sciences industry front and center as employers and employees alike looked for policies and best practices to keep their workplaces and communities safe. Life sciences industry employers face a wide range of compliance challenges and workplace law risks, as they move forward and reimagine the workplace of the future.
With a proven track record of representing some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical, medical devices and other life sciences companies, our lawyers have developed sharply-focused knowledge and experience in this sector. Our understanding of the business issues facing life science clients, combined with up-to-the-minute knowledge of emerging workplace law developments, allows us to craft legal solutions that fit with the client’s culture and business needs.
Services we offer
Our experience counseling employers in the life sciences industry spans all aspects of workplace law, including litigation, labor relations, immigration, benefits, privacy and disability management.
- Providing guidance on how to prepare the workplace for employees and design policies to address all aspects of the reimagined workplace including telecommute policies and employee concerns upon return;
- Providing compliance to multi-state employers on an array of topics from paid sick leave to pay practices, pay upon termination and more;
- Conducting internal investigations and advising on the design and implementation of compliance policies, including codes of ethics, that take into account the highly-regulated manufacturing and distribution environment;
- Defending wage and hour litigation, including cases involving the FLSA’s administrative and outside sales exemptions;
- Assist with preventive measures such as company-wide audits to ensure consistent implementation of pay and promotion policies;
- Counseling on restrictive covenants in employment agreements, employee raiding claims, unfair competition claims and other employment-related business torts;
- Advising on all aspects of leave management, including the applicability of relevant laws to outside sales representatives;
- Reviewing employment handbook policies and designing training for management personnel;
- Advising on all aspects of workplace safety and health, including advising on OSHA workplace inspections, required workplace safety plans (such as hazardous materials communications) and updated OSHA standards;
- Advising on international issues such as cross-border reductions in force, foreign executive contracts, cross-border remote work, and setting up new international operations, guided by the co-leader of our International Employment practice who formerly served in-house at a major pharmaceutical company.
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