Mr. Harper handles cases involving the full range of
statutory and contract claims under employment ADR systems
and pursuant to individual employment contracts and collective
bargaining agreements. As an employment attorney he has
handled claims of discrimination (race, sex, religion,
age, disability and national origin), sexual harassment
and claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act. He is
an experienced wage hour litigator and handles cases on
wage payment, breaches of individual employment contracts,
drug testing, wrongful termination, retaliation claims,
OSHA and non-compete litigation. He handles cases of contract
interpretation, collective bargaining, seniority, jurisdiction,
and “just cause” and “for cause” discipline and terminations.
Mr. Harper has worked with and handled employment matters
in a wide variety of industries including: automotive manufacturing,
steel fabrication, agriculture, citrus, mining, furniture
manufacturing, defense contractors, education, manufacturing,
food service, hotels, trucking and logistics, warehousing,
retail, insurance, construction, home building, health
care, mortgage and financial services, paper and linerboard
manufacturing, wood products, cellular communications,
non-profits, poultry processing, staffing, employee leasing
and Professional Employer Organizations, public sector,
stevedoring, long shoring and commercial shipping, marketing,
publishing and numerous businesses in the service industry
sector. |
As a trained Arbitrator and a Board
Certified Labor and Employment lawyer, Tom Harper is uniquely-suited
to assist your company in setting up arbitration and ADR
(Alternative Dispute Programs) programs which can help
protect your company from being hailed into court in the
first place.
As Editor of the
monthly Florida Employment Law Letter, Mr Harper educates employers, lawyers and human resource
professionals throughout Florida on cutting edge changes
and developments in U.S. and Florida labor and employment
laws. With this knowledge and our many years of experience,
we can better serve our clients who hire us to achieve
excellent results at the least possible cost. |