Terrence H. Murphy

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Terry Murphy has represented employers for more than 35 years in multiple areas of labor and employment law, including:

  • Discrimination and employment jury trials
  • Employment class actions
  • Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission litigation
  • National Labor Relations Board proceedings
  • Collective bargaining
  • Labor arbitration
  • Complex transaction advice

He practices regularly in multiple federal district courts and has extensive knowledge of:

  • Title VII
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act
  • The Age Discrimination in Employment Act
  • The National Labor Relations Act
  • Public sector bargaining laws

In recent years, Terry has:

  • Represented various employers in age discrimination and retaliation litigation
  • Defended retail chains, oilfield companies and life insurers in nationwide FLSA collective actions
  • Advised multiple companies on complex labor relations matters

Formerly Assistant General Counsel of a Fortune 12 manufacturing company, Terry counsels on wage and hour issues, human resource practices, reductions-in-force, workplace investigations and corporate transactions. His clients include hospitals, universities and manufacturing companies.

Terry regularly speaks on labor and employment law issues for the American Bar Association and other groups. He has been a chapter editor and senior editor of the Employment Discrimination Law (BNA).

Credentials & Recognition

Speaking Engagements

Proving Damages in Wage-Hour and Employment Discrimination Cases After Tyson Foods

  • November 17, 2016
  • Pennsylvania Bar Institute Employment Law Institute West, Pittsburgh, PA

Review and Analysis of U.S. Supreme Court Labor and Employment Law Decisions

  • September 15, 2016; October 27, 2015; September 10, 2013
  • Allegheny County Bar Association Pittsburgh, PA

Avoiding Legal Landmines When Screening Applicants

  • April 25, 2016
  • Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

Negotiation Tips and Tricks: What Does EPLI Have To Do With It?

  • November 12, 2015
  • Pennsylvania Bar Institute Employment Law Institute West, Pittsburgh, PA

Ten Themes for Defending Employment Jury Trials

  • October 23, 2015
  • American Employment Law Council, Ojai, CA

Traditional Labor’s Approach to Religious Accommodation

  • April 17, 2015
  • National Conference on EEO Law, Labor and Employment Law Section, American Bar Association, Miami Beach, FL

Additional Thought Leadership

A Comment on Forced Employee Rankings

  • June 2002
  • The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Vol. 10, No. 6

What Every Employer Should Know About Supreme Court Rulings on Sexual Harassment

  • October 1998
  • Provider, Vol. 24, No. 10
  • American Health Care Association

Labor Relations Law, 1982 Survey

  • 1983
  • 34 Syracuse Law Review 345

Protected Concerted Activity and Refusals to Work

  • 1983
  • 34 Labor Law Journal 654
  • CCH

Labor Relations Law, 1979 Survey

  • 1980
  • 31 Syracuse Law Review 347

Labor Relations Law, 1978 Survey

  • 1979
  • 30 Syracuse Law Review 129

Impasse and the Duty to Bargain in Good Faith

  • 1977
  • 39 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 1

Books & Book Chapters

2010 Supplement

  • Employment Discrimination Law
  • associate editor, BNA
  • 2010

2009 Supplement

  • Employment Discrimination Law
  • associate editor, BNA
  • 2009

2008 Supplement

  • Employment Discrimination Law
  • executive editor, BNA
  • 2008

"Seniority," Chapter 17

  • Employment Discrimination Law, 4th Ed.
  • BNA
  • 2007

"Separation Agreements," , Chapter 37

  • Employment Law Deskbook for Human Resources Professionals
  • contributing author, West Group
  • 2001 and 2005

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