Pennsylvania Attorney
Labor & Employment Law - Civil Litigation
- I am an attorney with McQuaide Blasko, in State College, Pennsylvania. I belong to the Labor and Employment, and Civil Litigation Practice groups, although I often pitch in with Personal Injury Defense, Civil Rights, and University Law;
- I write Lawffice Space, an employment law blog so awesome that the ABA Journal once named it to their Blawg 100; and
- I teach The Employment Relationship: Law and Policy at Penn State as adjunct faculty in the School of Labor and Employment Relations.

Contact Information:
Email: pkmiles@mqblaw.com
Phone: 814.238.4926
Address: 811 University Drive, State College, PA 16801
Twitter: @philipmiles
I tried to make a list of all of the different types of labor and employment law matters I have participated in. Here's what I came up with:
I tried to make a list of all of the different types of labor and employment law matters I have participated in. Here's what I came up with:
·
Unemployment Compensation Benefits
o
Referee Hearings
o
Appeals to the Unemployment Compensation Board
of Review (UCBR)
o
Appeals to the Commonwealth Court of
Pennsylvania
·
Unemployment Compensation Taxation
o
Negotiation with Office of UC Tax Services
(OUCTS)
·
Wage and Hour Claims (FLSA, PWPCL)
o
Litigation
o
U.S. Department of Labor Investigations
o Class and collective action litigation
o Class and collective action litigation
·
Discrimination and Retaliation (disparate
treatment, disability reasonable accommodation, harassment)
o
Litigation
o
EEOC and PHRC Charges
o
EEOC Administrative Law Judge trial
·
Arbitration
o
Grievance arbitration under a collective
bargaining agreement (CBA)
o
Compulsory arbitration in Pennsylvania state
courts
·
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
o
Litigation
·
Contracts
o
Drafting and negotiating
o
Litigation
o
Restrictive covenants (noncompete, nondisclosure,
nonsolicitation)
·
Labor Disputes
o
Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB)
o
Arbitration
o
Collective bargaining support
·
Compliance
o
Consultation with clients
o
Employee handbooks and policies
o
Employee and management training
o
Legal research
·
Constitutional law
o
Litigation
o
First Amendment (free speech)
o
Fourteenth Amendment (equal protection,
substantive due process, procedural due process)
o
Fourth Amendment (malicious prosecution)
·
University Law
o
Title IX
o
Constitutional law
o
Tenure denial
o
Public Employe Relations Act (PERA)
·
Employee Benefits
o
Disability insurance claims