John M. Cerilli represents employers with respect to all aspects of labor and employment law. His traditional labor law practice focuses on:
- NLRA/NLRB
- Labor arbitration
- Collective bargaining
- Labor contract administration
- Strikes and picketing
- Plant closings and mass layoffs
- Corporate transactions
In his employment practice, John provides counseling and training on a wide range of employment matters, such as:
- Hiring and firing
- Personnel policies
- Reductions-in-force
- Discrimination
- Workers' compensation
John regularly appears before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Pennsylvania Human Rights Commission and other governmental agencies. His clients include the following industries:
- Energy
- Oil, gas, and coal
- Manufacturing
- Steel
- Chemical
- Airline
- Healthcare
- Cultural and entertainment
- Armored car
- Technology
- Transportation
- Commercial real estate
John is a founding member of the firm's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, office and served as office managing shareholder of both the Pittsburgh and West Virginia offices for the period of 2006-2016. He is co-chair of Littler’s Energy Practice Group, a core member of the firm's Traditional Labor Practice Group, a member of the firm’s Corporate Transactions Practice Group.
John regularly provides presentations for clients and local organizations on topics such as:
- Labor law overview and training for human resource managers
- Conducting effective investigations that will hold up at arbitration
- Best practices for effective management of the grievance-arbitration procedure
- Managing strikes and lockouts - contingency planning and what you need to know to comply with the law
- Best practices for litigating labor arbitrations
- The art of labor negotiations
- Understanding why you lose labor arbitrations so you can start winning
- Making discipline stick: meeting the just cause requirements
- Strike training for supervisors
- NLRB update
Prior to joining Littler, John was a field examiner with the NLRB's Region Six office in Pittsburgh.
*Not licensed to practice law in West Virginia