Michael S. Arnold
- Represented a global financial institution in connection with multiple discrimination claims, including claims of national origin, age, sex, and pregnancy discrimination.
- Represented an international media company in connection with claims of age and race discrimination arising out of a reduction in force.
- Represented one of the world’s largest hotel chains in successfully obtaining a dismissal of an Article 78 wrongful termination proceeding.
- Represented one of the nation's premier medical centers in successfully obtaining a dismissal of national origin and religious discrimination claims.
- Represented a luxury residential and commercial real estate development and management company in defending against a wage/hour class action based on alleged failure to pay overtime.
- Represented an independent global expert services and advisory firm in defending against claims of equal pay and sexual harassment.
- Represented a state development agency in addressing a highly complex pandemic-related telecommuting disability accommodation issue.
- Conducted a full-scale employment practices audit for a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company.
- Conducted a hiring and onboarding employment practices audit for a national life insurance company.
- Advised a global hospitality company on multiple reductions in force, including regarding WARN Act implications, disparate impact issues, OWBPA compliance, severance program structuring, and implementation of the same.
- Advised a global consulting firm in successfully navigating mobility issues arising out of various new hires.
- Advised an international Am Law 75 law firm in complying with its background check compliance obligations.
- Advised a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company in connection with potential employment compliance issues related to the use of a remote workforce.
- Conducted an internal investigation on behalf of a global consulting firm in response to an executive’s alleged sexual harassment.
- Drafted and negotiated an executive employment agreement for a C-Level executive at one of the nation’s largest debt securities underwriters.
- Advised a multinational energy company in connection with its vaccination compliance obligations and overall policy strategy.
- Advised a global banking institution in connection with the creation and implementation of a bonus plan.
- Represented various employers in successfully vacating initial determinations of contractor misclassification before unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation agencies.
- Advised various employers on their compliance obligations with respect to employee use of cannabis.
- Guided numerous employers in redesigning their workplaces in the next phase of COVID, including by providing extensive counseling on designing an effective “return to office” strategy (in-person, hybrid, or remote), creating vaccination, booster, and testing policies and ensuring a safe office environment overall, realigning leave policies and procedures, and undertaking various workforce planning and change management exercises.
- Guided numerous employers in formulating and implementing pay transparency strategies that ensure compliance and align with operational needs.
Case Study
Mintz defeated a purported Fair Labor Standard Act collective action and a New York Labor Law minimum wage and overtime class action for nonprofit home health attendant agency Project OHR. The FLSA decision set a SDNY precedent, and Project OHR settled with the two plaintiffs on favorable terms.