Mark J. Berkowitz P.A.

Labor and Employment Law

The subject area of Labor and Employment Law covers a wide range of legal work place issues, such as wrongful discharge; overtime compensation; the application of non-competition and employment contracts; as well as the denial of health care, disability or pension benefits. If you have lost your job or you believe that you have been denied a promotion, you may have a legal remedy, if those personnel decisions were based upon discriminatory reasons, including race, gender, national origin, disability, age or religious discrimination.

With the assistance of the law firm of Mark J. Berkowitz, P.A., in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, you can obtain the legal assistance you need in the wide and diverse subject area of labor and employment law. You will be professionally counseled on your rights as an employee in the work place and you will be provided with legal and practical options, tailored to meet your needs in a specific situation.

Attorney Mark J. Berkowitz has been practicing labor and employment law for almost twenty years. His legal work concentrates in this important area of the law and he has assisted both private sector and public sector employees, throughout the State of Florida. He applies his substantive legal knowledge as an experienced practitioner for employees, working for private companies, as well as for those employees who have been employed by the city, county, state and federal governments.

We advocate on behalf of employees within the context of a wide variety of work place related issues. Some of the legal areas in which we represent clients include:

• Non-compete Agreements
• Employment Contracts
• Denial of Promotional Opportunities
• Consultation under the Family Medical Leave Act
• Long Term Disability Claims
• Sexual Harassment
• Retaliation
• Race, Religious, Age and National Origin Discrimination
• Disability Discrimination
• Religious Discrimination
• Whistle-blower Claims

At Mark J. Berkowitz, P.A., we also represent employees and labor union members in arbitration proceedings, involving grievances under collective bargaining agreements. We represent state employees before the Public Employees Relations Commission, municipal and county employees in administrative hearings, as well as federal employees, through-out the United States, before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.