Attorneys Publish Employment Articles on LexisNexis Partner Site XpertHR.com

NEW ORLEANS – Mar 4, 2013 – Six Phelps Dunbar attorneys have written articles for the website XpertHR.com, a LexisNexis partner site focused on labor and employment law. Firm partner David Korn, counsel Maureen Jennings, associates Jason Marsh, Kamilah Perry and J. Day Peake III, and Jolee Land, who is of counsel to the firm, have penned nearly 50 articles pertaining to the states in which they practice.

XpertHR.com serves as a resource on the constantly changing area of labor and employment law to HR professionals across the country. Attorneys with Phelps Dunbar’s employment practice help to keep these professionals abreast of the latest developments that can affect their businesses.

Louisiana-focused pieces written by Mr. Korn include articles on affirmative action, alternative dispute resolution, employee privacy, employee handbooks and harassment. Mr. Korn practices in the firm’s New Orleans office.

Ms. Jennings, who practices in Phelps Dunbar’s Houston office, wrote on a number of topics as they relate to Texas, including affirmative action, discrimination, retaliation, harassment and employee handbooks.

Focusing on Florida, Ms. Perry and Ms. Land contributed to XpertHR with articles on affirmative action, discrimination, leaves of absence, minimum wage, employee discipline, USERRA, employment at-will, “economic weapons” such as strikes, involuntary terminations, public sector labor relations, union organization, employee handbooks, harassment, rules of employment, interviewing and selecting job candidates, hours worked, and overtime. Ms. Perry practices in the firm’s Tampa office and Ms. Land is of counsel in Tampa.

Mr. Peake wrote pieces on discrimination, affirmative action, retaliation, affirmative action, harassment and employee handbooks in Alabama. He practices in Phelps Dunbar’s Mobile office. Mr. Marsh, who practices in the firm’s Jackson office, covered affirmative action, harassment, discrimination, public sector labor relations, retaliation, employee privacy, employee handbooks, legally required benefits, health care benefits, and hours worked in Mississippi.

Links to each of the attorneys’ XpertHR.com articles can be found on individual biography pages. Phelps Dunbar has 34 attorneys across its U.S. offices that practice in the field of labor and employment law, offering a range of services to clients.

With offices positioned along the Gulf Coast from Houston to Tampa, Phelps Dunbar is a regional law firm of more than 270 attorneys uniquely equipped to serve clients in the major commercial centers of the burgeoning “Third Coast” of the United States. Locations in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Tupelo and Gulfport, Mississippi; Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; Mobile, Alabama as well as Raleigh, North Carolina; and London, England enable Phelps Dunbar to serve clients not only along the Third Coast, but also the South, nationwide and abroad.

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