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Gedd Schweikert concentrates much of his practice in the public sector, serving as special labor counsel to a number of municipal employers at the state, county, city, borough and township levels. In addition, he provides legal counsel in employment matters to private businesses and educational institutions, including manufacturing facilities, health care facilities, colleges and universities and nonprofit organizations.
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Part of a labor counsel team in which a New Jersey for-profit corporation purchased the Meadowlands Health Center from a non-profit health system;
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Part of a labor counsel team who, in representing the City of York, Pennsylvania, obtained a court order vacating an Act 111 interest award on the grounds that the arbitration panel possessed no jurisdiction to issue the award;
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Represents municipalities, private companies and educational institutions in such matters as collective bargaining negotiations, contract interpretation claims, discipline matters, interest arbitrations, grievance arbitrations, unfair labor practice charges and employment-related litigation;
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Handles contracts and other general litigation matters;
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Frequently negotiates labor agreements with the Teamsters, AFSCME, SEIU, the Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Firefighters;
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Member of the labor counsel team on the sale of a unionized public nursing home to a private owner.
Labor and Employment
Litigation
J.D., Widener University, 1998
B.A., Susquehanna University, 1995
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Dauphin County Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Susquehanna University Alumni Association
Former Member, Board of Directors of the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority
- “News You Can Use: A Review of Recent Judicial, Legislative and Regulatory Developments of Significance to Employers” presented at the Eckert Seamans Human Resources Forum, April 2013.
- "Board Relations and Internal Investigations," presented at the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors 91st Annual Educational Conference, April 2013.
- "Vicarious Liability for Supervisors and Managers," presented at the Lebanon County Supervisors and Managers Conference, October 2012.
- "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Interest and Grievance Arbitrations," co-presented with Michael Miller to the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, July 2012.
- “Equal Employment Opportunity: Credit Checks, Arrest Records, Leaves of Absence, Attendance Policies, Retaliation and Other News You Can Use,” co-presented with Allison Feldstein at the Eckert Seamans Human Resources Forum, May 2012.
- "2012 Legal Update for Human Resources Professionals," presented to the Pennsylvania State Council for the Society for Human Resources Management, West Branch HR Society, April 2012.
- "An Overview of the Heart and Lung Act," presented at the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs webinar training, March 2012.
- "All the Ethics You Need in One Hour," presented at the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors Newly Elected Official Training, January and February 2012.
- "The Role of the Municipal Solicitor," co-presented at the 100th Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs, April 2011.
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