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Managing Your Workforce During Market Volatility: Labor Union and Benefits Issues in Corporate Transactions and Investments

Overview


Corporate transactions and investments involving union issues require concrete analysis of risk, contingencies and game plans. During this webinar in our series exploring best practices for workforce management in volatile markets, McDermott’s Labor and Employee Benefits Groups focused on practical steps and strategies to successfully navigate and evaluate key considerations for transactions involving unionized businesses.

Discussion topics included:

  • Union notice and bargaining triggers
  • Successorship, neutrality and organizing issues
  • Multiemployer pension, withdrawal and other benefits considerations

More in our Managing Your Workforce During Market Volatility series:

View the recordings and key takeaways from the first two webinars in the series linked below.

RIFs: Learn strategies to follow when making difficult restructuring decisions that may include reducing employee headcount, eliminating entire departments, hiring independent consultants or implementing hiring freezes to ease potential financial burden.

Separations, Arbitration, Leaves and Accommodations: Hear about nationwide updates in separation and release agreements, including the impact to confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions after the National Labor Relations Board’s McLaren Macomb ruling, Family and Medical Leave Act leaves of absence and Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations, and recent developments around arbitration.

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Washington, D.C. / Speaking Engagements / March 25 – 26, 2026

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