Bruce Padula is a senior member of the firm’s Labor and Employment, Education and Public Law Groups and works with many of the firm’s private and public sector clients. He represents management in all aspects of labor and employment litigation, including discrimination, wrongful discharge, whistleblower claims, arbitration and appellate proceedings before State and Federal Courts and administrative agencies. In addition to representing management in adversarial proceedings, Mr. Padula has negotiated collective bargaining agreements and regularly provides advice to clients on employer policies and day-to-day employment and labor issues including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the New Jersey Family Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, restrictive covenants, unfair practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board and the Public Employment Relations Commissions, and Wage and Hour claims.

Mr. Padula’s experience also encompasses public law and education law, where he provides general and labor representation to school boards, charter schools and other public entities in connection with collective bargaining negotiations, grievance arbitrations, seniority issues, hiring, compensation and disciplinary issues. He also provides representation and advice in connection with construction, bidding and contractual matters, the Open Public Meetings Act and the Open Public Records Act.

Mr. Padula also advises clients on campaign finance laws and the various State and local pay-to-play restrictions and has appeared in state and federal courts on numerous election law matters.

He is a frequent lecturer and has spoken extensively on the Family and Medical Leave Act and New Jersey Family Leave Act. Prior to joining private practice, Mr. Padula served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Bernard F. Conway, J.S.C., of the Superior Court of New Jersey.

 

RELATED PRACTICES
Labor and Employment Law Education Law Public Law
EDUCATION
Seton Hall University School of Law (JD, 1999) Villanova University (BA, 1996)
BAR ADMISSIONS
New Jersey U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey Connecticut U.S. Supreme Court
AFFILIATIONS
New Jersey State Bar Association American Bar Association Hudson County Bar Association
LEGAL UPDATES
Recent Changes Affect Employer and Employee Obligations Under the FMLA Governor Signs Bill Enacting Paid Family Leave

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