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Charles H. Kaplan
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New York
Tel: 646.414.6884 | Fax: 973.422.6895


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Represents management throughout the United States and abroad in virtually all aspects of labor and employment law and related litigation, including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action; employment-at-will, wrongful discharge, workplace torts, mediations and employment arbitrations; labor relations, union organizing, collective bargaining, labor arbitrations, unfair labor practices, strikes, picketing, boycotts and labor injunctions; human resources administration, personnel forms and policies, and employee handbooks; wage and hour laws, disability issues, family and medical leave, employee theft, drug testing, privacy issues and other workplace law matters; independent contractor issues, occupational safety and health; government contracting, foreign-owned employer issues; plant closings, downsizings and mass layoffs; employee benefits issues and ERISA litigation; employment contracts, trade secrets, confidentiality agreements and employee covenants not to compete; business immigration law; and labor and employment law issues in mergers, acquisitions, sales, corporate reorganizations and bankruptcies.




  • Charles Kaplan discusses the impact on the Screen Actors Guild negotiations of AFTRA's ratification of a new three-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers., MarketWatch, July 9, 2008

  • Charles Kaplan discusses the possibility of an actors' strike following the July 1, 2008 expiration of the Screen Actors Guild contract., MarketWatch, July 1, 2008

  • Charles Kaplan discusses the possibility of an actors' strike following three weeks of unsuccessful contract negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers., MarketWatch, May 7, 2008

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    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    Employment & Labor
    Employment Law
    Employment Litigation
    Labor Law


    Education

    Yale University (B.A., 1975), magna cum laude
    Harvard Business School (M.B.A., 1979)
    Harvard Law School (J.D., 1979)




    New York
    Florida




    U.S. Supreme Court




    • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
      • Member, Committee on Labor and Employment Law, 1984-1987;
      • Committee on Employee Benefits, 1990-1992;
      • Committee on State Legislation, 1993-1995);
    • New York State Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section and Commercial and Federal Litigation Section);
    • American Bar Association (Member, Sections of Labor and Employment Law; Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice; Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law; and International Law);
    • International Bar Association (Member, Committee on Employment and Industrial Relations Law and Committee on Discrimination and Gender Equality);
    • Federal Bar Council; New York County Lawyers' Association;
    • Labor and Employment Relations Association f/k/a Industrial Relations Research Association (President, NYC Chapter, 1998-1999);
    • Society For Human Resource Management; American Society For Healthcare Human Resources Administration;
    • American Arbitration Association (Member, Labor Arbitration Practice Committee, 1989-1996);
    • American Employment Law Council; New York State Management Attorneys Conference;
    • Metropolitan Arbitration Group; Japan Society;
    • Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of NY, Inc.;
    • WESFACCA;
    • International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans;
    • New York Lieutenant Governor's Task Force on Plant Closings (1984-1985).



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