It is a good idea to have someone handling the personnel problems. However, that only covers a small amount of the vast area of the complex labor law. While a personnel person is important, having a skilled labor counsel, with the experience of hundreds of companies behind him and over twenty years experience, is the only way to have complete, overall coverage. Our Company has had a corporate attorney for years and handles our problems. While a corporate attorney may be knowledgeable in corporate law, Labor Law is a complex changing specialty.
Events happen quickly where labor law problems exist.
No attorney can learn labor law overnight. That is why someone specializing in labor law is the best source of labor law advice. Labor Law is a full time practice. My supervisors tell me that everything is going well out in the plant. Supervisors may or may not know what is going on in the plant.