Steven J. DiBeneditto Jr.

As an associate on the labor and employment team, Steven’s practice focuses on advice and counseling matters, litigation, and workplace safety in the labor, employment, pandemic preparedness and compliance space. Steven has experience navigating state and local government through employment litigation and compliance issues, and labor-management relations. He is also knowledgeable about pandemic-related issues, such as creating COVID-19 employer policies, advising on pandemic response preparation and implementation at the outset of a pandemic, analyzing state and local executive and legislative actions to ensure proper compliance and enforcement, and developing policies to fulfill the requirements imposed by state workplace safety laws.

Steven has extensive experience representing and counseling employers in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, tort claims, contract claims, defamation, wrongful discharge, trade secret, covenants not to compete, wage/hour, retaliation, FMLA, ADA, Title VII, and WARN Act. Recently, Steven has provided nationwide counseling on a variety of topics including Fair Labor Standards Act requirements related to COVID-19 testing, background check requirements under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, successor liability issues under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Reasonable Accommodations under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and wage and hour considerations related to employee compensation plans.

• Provide advice and counseling to nationwide grocer regarding labor and employment issues relating to COVID-19 policies and safety procedures.
• Provide OSHA and COVID-19 related advice and counseling to manufacturing industry clients.
• Provide advice and counseling regarding FLSA requirements related to COVID-19 testing for a nationwide retail employer.
• Provide advice and counseling regarding bonus and commission compensation issues to client.
• Provide advice and counseling on workplace COVID-19 training requirements across the country.
• Represent electric energy corporation regarding allegations of discrimination in federal court.
• Defended professional services and retail industry clients in federal district courts against class action allegations of Fair Credit Reporting Act violations.
• Defended food manufacturer regarding EEO charges alleging retaliation and disability discrimination.