Terri M. Solomon

Terri M. Solomon has more than 35 years of experience practicing employment and labor law and regularly handles:

• Employment and labor relations issues
• Compliance with federal and state employment laws
• Discrimination and other employment-related litigation and administrative proceedings
• Complex reductions-in-force and business restructurings
• Employment contracts and separation agreements
• Workplace violence prevention and crisis response
• Family and Medical Leave Act and other leaves of absence
• Disability accommodation
• Collective bargaining
• Labor arbitration
• Compliance with the National Labor Relations Act
• Mediation and other alternative dispute resolution
• Training in a wide variety of topics including harassment avoidance, FMLA and ADA compliance, workplace violence prevention, crisis response, conducting investigations, performance management and supervisory skills, and social media
• Employment policies and employee handbooks
• Labor and employment issues arising in corporate mergers, acquisitions and other transactions

Given the significant costs of litigation, Terri is an avid proponent of long-term business planning, management training, state-of-the-art policies and, where unavoidable conflicts do arise, alternative dispute resolution. A substantial portion of her practice involves counseling employers on ways to avoid litigation related to difficult business decisions, such as:

• Terminating long-term employees
• Planning reductions-in-force
• Responding to sexual harassment complaints

Additionally, Terri regularly conducts training on topics such as preventing workplace violence, avoiding workplace harassment and becoming a more effective manager. She led the team that trained thousands of employees of an international investment bank pursuant to a consent decree arising out of the EEOC's largest settlement of a sex discrimination and glass ceiling class action against a major financial institution. She also designed the training program, which was approved by the EEOC and a court monitor, and personally conducted domestic and international training.

Terri represents both non-union and unionized employers, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses and not-for-profit institutions in:

• Healthcare
• Finance and banking
• Retail
• Media
• Insurance
• Manufacturing

Terri frequently lectures and authors articles on employment and labor law topics. She is the co-founder of Littler Mendelson's New York office, Co-Chair of the Workplace Violence Prevention and Crisis Response Practice Group and she is a core member of four of the firm's practice groups: Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporate Compliance and Ethics, and Business Restructuring. She is also a member of the firm's Women's Leadership Initiative and the Associates Committee.