Experience

She is experienced in handling matters involving

• discrimination,
• harassment,
• accommodation of disabilities,
• family and medical leave,
• wage payment,
• prevailing wage,
• plant closing,
• performance management,
• hiring,
• work authorization,
• I-9 audits,
• termination of employment,
• policy compliance, and
• non-competition agreements, among others. 

She has

• negotiated collective bargaining agreements,
• conducted impact-and-effects bargaining for management,
• counseled employers on labor relations, grievances, and the implementation of collective bargaining agreements, and
• litigated unfair labor practice charges at the National Labor Relations Board. 

She regularly

• prepares and reviews documents relating to all aspects of the employment relationship, such as offer letters and employment contracts, employment handbooks and policies, non-competition agreements, disciplinary notices, termination letters, and severance agreements, and
• gives training programs for her clients’ executives, managers, and staff.

Melissa conducts internal workplace investigations and investigates complaints filed with federal, state, and local administrative agencies on employment matters involving Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the ADA, FMLA, FLSA, the Davis Bacon Act and state legislation.  She Jones has advocated on behalf of clients before the:

• U.S. Department of Justice/Office of Civil Rights;

• U.S. Department of Labor;

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service;

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission;

• National Labor Relations Board;

• Maryland Commission on Civil Rights;

• Howard County Commission on Human Rights;

• Montgomery County Office of Human Rights;

• Prince George’s County Human Relations Commission; and

• Baltimore City Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement.