PETER J. MOSER

Peter Moser represents employers exclusively, concentrating his practice in the areas of labor and employment law and related litigation, as well as counseling and training.

Peter works with clients in all aspects of traditional labor law. He helps non-union clients remain union-free by helping them undertake a comprehensive vulnerability assessment and by training managers and supervisors in best practices. Peter also represents employers in the defense of active union organizing campaigns, including handling representation hearings before the National Labor Relations Board, defending against unfair labor practice charges, and processing election objections. Peter also represents many unionized clients, handling collective bargaining, grievance and arbitration proceedings and related litigation, as well as the defense in a wide range of NLRB proceedings. Peter also helps companies assess and manage labor issues that arise in corporate mergers and acquisitions. Peter has represented, counseled, and trained employers dealing with most of the nation’s major labor organizations, including the SEIU, Teamsters, UAW, UFCW, UNITE-HERE, Steelworkers, Laborers, AFT, IUE/CWA, and Utility Workers Union.

With respect to employment litigation, Peter has successfully defended employers against claims of discrimination, wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour violations. He is also experienced in litigation involving the enforcement of non-competition agreements and protection of trade secrets. Peter has handled employment matters in federal and state courts in Massachusetts, and he has appeared before a host of federal and state agencies, including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Assistance, the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division.

Peter helps employers avoid litigation and disputes by providing counseling and training to ensure legal compliance and to promote harmonious employee relations. Peter has trained hundreds of managers and supervisors and has crafted specially tailored programs that focus on client-specific human resources needs, contract and legal compliance, and workforce management issues. On a daily basis, Peter provides sound advice to clients on a nearly every aspect of labor and employment law.

Peter also helps clients draft and revise their employment related forms and contracts. He drafts and reviews employment contracts, restrictive covenants, compensation plans, employee manuals, application forms, disciplinary forms, internal investigation reports, and other employment related documents.

Practice Areas

• Collective Bargaining
• Labor Arbitrations
• Union Organizing Campaigns
• Unfair Labor Practice Charges
• Employment Litigation
• Non-Competition and Trade Secret Litigation
• Employment Counseling and Training
• Employee Handbooks
• Employment Contracts
• Compensation Plans
• Workplace Health and Safety
• Wage and Hour Audits
• Internal Investigations
• Layoffs and Plant Closings
• Unemployment

Recognition and Professional Activities

Named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in Boston Magazine (top 5% of lawyers).

2008-2009 Co-Chair of Massachusetts Bar Association’s Attorney General Liaison Committee for the Labor and Employment Section.

Past Co-Chair of Massachusetts Bar Association’s Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee for the Labor and Employment Section.

Served on MCAD Sexual Harassment Guidelines Committee.

Publications

• Pending labor legislation set to alter workplace landscape (December, 2008/January, 2009), co-authored with Sheryl Eisenberg, published in MBA Lawyers Journal.
• The AFL-CIO Split: Time to Get Organized (October, 2005), published in New England In-House.
• Non-Competition Agreements and Other Restrictive Covenants: Are They Right for Your Business? (February, 2004), published in Mass High Tech Magazine.
• Arbitration Agreements in Employment Contracts: Ensuring Arbitral Adherence to Agreed-Upon Procedural Rules (April, 2003), published in Bender’s Labor and Employment Bulletin.
• When An Employee Goes to War: A Review of Employer Obligations and Employee Rights Under USERRA, (Winter, 2002), co-authored with Sarah McGinnis, published in Massachusetts Bar Institute Section Review.
• Tips for Reviewing Employee Handbooks, published in Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyer's Journal
• E-Mail and the National Labor Relations Act: Concerted Activity in the Age of Electronic Communication, co-authored with Jeffrey Hirsch, published in Bender's Labor and Employment Bulletin
• Whose Company Is It Anyway? The NLRB's Use of the § 10(j) Injunction, co-authored with Richard Vitarelli, published in Connecticut Law Tribune
• E-Mail in the Workplace: Companies Need to Have a Policy, published in Massachusetts Bar Association Labor and Employment Section Newsletter

Presentations

• Former adjunct professor at Boston College, teaching Business Law core curriculum to undergraduate students in the Carroll School of Management.
• Guest lecturer at labor and employment courses at Quinnipiac Law School, Babson College Graduate School of Business, Curry College, and the University of Hartford.
• Panelist at MBA’s 2008 Annual Labor and Employment Conference, presenting update on recent non-competition and trade secret developments.
• Panelist, MCLE program: Employment Law for Nonprofits (2007).
• Panelist, MBA program: Employment Law Basics (multiple years).
• Regular panelist and presenter at various other MBA and MCLE labor and employment programs.
• Regular presenter of educational programs for a wide variety of professional and trade associations, including the New England Corporate Counsel Association, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, the Central Massachusetts Employer’s Association, the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, the Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers, the Northeast Laundry Association, and many others.

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1994
• Federal District Court of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit

Prior Experience

From 1994 until 2008, Peter practiced in the labor and employment section of a large regional law firm, Robinson & Cole LLP. Peter was made a partner of Robinson & Cole LLP in 2006, and co-chaired the firm’s Non-Competition and Trade Secret Protection practice group.

Education

• J.D., Boston College Law School
• B.S., Boston College, cum laude