Denise M. Keyser is the Practice co-Leader of the firm’s Labor and Employment Group. She has more than 30 years of experience representing national, regional, and locally based businesses in labor and employment matters, including traditional labor law (such as collective bargaining and arbitrations), OSHA, ERISA, wage and hour, employment-at-will, wrongful discharge, discrimination, management training, executive compensation, and affirmative action.
Denise has served as chief spokesperson and lead negotiator in collective bargaining negotiations for employers in a wide variety of industries, including health care, education, chemical manufacturing, food production, distribution, and public safety. She has long represented several prominent Southern New Jersey hospital systems.
Denise has handled numerous labor arbitrations on both disciplinary and contract interpretation issues. She has experience before a wide range of federal and state agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She has litigated the gamut of employment and labor law cases in both state and federal courts. In addition, she has worked closely with clients in strategic planning, policies and handbooks, implementing reductions in force and severance programs, resolving compliance issues, developing labor strategies, providing management training programs in response to issues such as #MeToo, and in day-to-day employment counseling.
Denise has been honored by the Pro Bono Partnership as one of its New Jersey Law Firm Volunteers of the Year for 2019, recognizing her pro bono work with individuals and organizations such as Literacy New Jersey, Inc. and South Jersey Legal Services, Inc.
Denise is a frequent speaker on developments in labor and employment law before bar, business, and community groups, including the National Employment Law Institute and the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. She often been cited in the general news and legal media, including The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Law360. |