Keith P. Spiller

Practices

• Labor & Employment

Professional Experience

Keith is a member of Thompson Hine's Executive Committee and the former Practice Group Leader of the firm's Labor & Employment practice group. He focuses his practice on the representation of employers in all areas of labor and employment law, including employment discrimination and wrongful discharge litigation; practicing before the National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Ohio Civil Rights Commission and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs; and handling arbitrations, contract administration and negotiations with labor unions.

Education

• Wake Forest University, J.D., 1989, Law Review
• Miami University, B.A., 1986

• First-chair jury trial experience in various discrimination and wrongful discharge litigation in both federal and state courts.
• Substantial experience in counseling employers on defeating unionization attempts.
• Defending charges of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other state organizations such as the Ohio Civil Rights Commission.
• Handling grievances and arbitrations for unionized employers, as well as the defense of unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board.
• Serving as Management’s Chief Spokesperson during union negotiations for initial and subsequent collective bargaining agreements.
• Designing and assisting in the implementation of various workplace policies, including drug and alcohol testing, medical exams, hiring protocol, severance and reduction-in-force plans.
• Advising employers on compliance with affirmative action obligations, including the design and drafting of affirmative action plans and the defense of OFCCP compliance and glass-ceiling audits.
• General counseling of human resource professionals concerning all aspects of employment, such as wage and hour compliance, trade secrets and competition, and disciplinary issues.

• Navigating the OFCCP Audit; November 15, 2005; Industry Liaison Group
• Thompson Hine LLP's Labor and Employment Law Update; May 25, 2005
• Thompson Hine LLP's Third Annual Labor & Employment Law Update, May 27, 2004
• Labor & Employment Law Seminar, June 19, 2003
• Hiring & Firing Seminar, May 13, 2003
• Understanding & Preparing for Military Leaves of Absence, February 26, 2003
• Managing Employee Relationships in Ohio, September 13, 2002
• Labor Law Update, Thompson Hine LLP, May 23, 2002
• The Family and Medical Leave Act, ADP Users Group Meeting, March 21, 2002
• How to Write and Implement Effective Employee Handbooks and Human Resources Policies, May 23, 2000
• Defending Against the "New" Labor Movement, July 27, 1999
• Employee Discharge and Documentation in Ohio, June 2, 1999
• The Family and Medical Leave Act and The Americans With Disabilities Act: An Overview of Recent Developments, Employment and Labor Law Seminar, Washington, D.C., January 29, 1999
• Various client seminars on the Family and Medical Leave Act, Sexual Harassment, Union Avoidance, Role of Documentation in the Employment Process

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Labor and Employment Law), 2012
• Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers by Ohio Super Lawyer magazine 2010-2012
• Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers (Employment: Mainly Defendant)