Profile

Jonathan Crotty heads the Firm’s Employment & Benefits practice group. He concentrates his practice in employment law and has extensive experience in regulatory and administrative law. In addition, Mr. Crotty frequently lectures and participates in seminars on employment law and compliance issues.

While at Duke University, Mr. Crotty was a member of the Duke Law Journal.

Experience Highlights

Mr. Crotty routinely advises clients in employment law issues, including:

• Federal and North Carolina OSHA compliance, administrative citations and litigation
• North Carolina's Wage and Hour Act and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act
• EEOC proceedings and litigation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, including sexual harassment claims
• Americans with Disabilities Act discrimination, accommodation and accessibility issues
• Family and Medical Leave Act

He also provides assistance and counseling to employers on a variety of employment matters, including:

• Specific personnel actions such as hiring, evaluations, discipline and terminations
• Preparation and revision of employee handbooks and employment policies
• Preparation of employment contracts, restrictive covenants, executive compensation and confidentiality agreements
• Implementation of reductions in force and WARN Act notifications
• Review of employment matters in conjunction with corporate merger and acquisition activities
• Negotiation and preparation of executive separation agreements
• Employment and other legal issues unique to the transportation industry, including contracts, loss and damage disputes and Department of Transportation (DOT) Safety Compliance

News

• Forty-Two Parker Poe Attorneys Named as 2012 NC Super Lawyers
  January 20, 2012
• 69 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2012
  September 6, 2011
• Thirty-Seven Parker Poe Attorneys Named NC Super Lawyers for 2011
  January 25, 2011
• Parker Poe Ranked in Top Charlotte Companies with Best 401K Plans
  November 10, 2010
• 61 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2011
  August 18, 2010
• Law & Politics Names 36 Parker Poe Attorneys as Super Lawyers
  January 28, 2010
• Podcast: ADAAA Proposed Regulations for Definition of Disability
  October 30, 2009
• 55 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers®
  July 30, 2009
• Banks Work to Pare Payrolls Without Facing Lawsuits
  Charlotte Business Journal
  May 29, 2009
• Forty-Six Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  January 26, 2009
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2009
  January 1, 2009
• Parker Poe Increases Number of Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America
  October 1, 2008
• More than 50 Parker Poe Attorneys among Business Leader's Top Lawyers
  September 24, 2008
• How to: Negotiate a Noncompete Agreement
  Charlotte Business Journal
  April 25, 2008
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  January 28, 2008
• Federal Court Overturns Hours of Service Rules
  Trucking and Transportation Law Update
  July 26, 2007
• New Requirements, Risks & Strategies for Hospitality Industry Employers
  March 14, 2005
• Parker Poe Attorneys Honored as The Best Lawyers in America and the "Legal Elite" in North Carolina
  February 28, 2005
• South Carolina Enacts "At-Will"/Handbook Statute 2. Changes to FLSA Overtime Regulations
  EmployNews
  May 18, 2004
• North Carolina Court Upholds Liquidated Damages Clause as Alternative to Covenant not to Compete in Physician Contract
  January 22, 2003

Events & Speaking Engagements

• Public Conversations Series - Social Media: Taming the Beast
  February 15, 2011
  CenterStage@NoDa, Charlotte, NC

Memberships

• Charlotte Historic District Commission
  Chair, 2006-present