Joe Pettygrove is a member of Faegre Baker Daniels' national labor, employment and benefits team, counseling and representing management in a wide variety of labor and employment matters. He represents clients in federal and state courts as well as before the EEOC and other agencies regarding issues under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Title VII, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), covenants not to compete, wage/hour claims, wrongful discharge claims and unemployment matters. 

Joe also provides day-to-day counseling on compliance issues, independent contractor arrangements and all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. He creates and reviews employment agreements, employee handbooks and other personnel policies with an eye toward ensuring both legal compliance and operational and strategic flexibility. Joe offers customized client training in areas such as FMLA and ADA compliance, EEO/anti-harassment training, employee/contractor classification, performance management and Indiana's unemployment compensation system. He is also a co-developer of Faegre Baker Daniels' FMLA Compliance Manager software.

Honors

• Indiana University School of Law — Indianapolis Academic Scholarship
• Phillip Correll Scholarship
• McPhee-Waterman Award

Professional Associations

• American Bar Association — Labor and Employment Section
• Indiana State Bar Association
• Indianapolis Bar Association

Publications

• "Yes, No and Maybe: The Implications of a Federal Circuit Court Split Over Union-Friendly State and Local Neutrality Laws," 23 Labor Lawyer 121, 2007
• "Por que no habla usted ingles? Can You Institute an 'English-only' Rule?" HR Insight, Vol. 4, No. 3, July 2007
• "Canyons, Castles & Controversies: A Comparison of Preservation Laws in the United States and Ireland," 4 Regent J. Int'l L. 47, 2006
• Indiana Employment Law Letter, Contributing Author, 2005-present

Presentations

• "The FMLA from A-Z: In Brief Form," 2010
• "Conducting Workplace Harassment Investigations," 2010
• M. Lee Smith FMLA Master Class, Indianapolis, 2006, 2007 and 2009
• Faegre Baker Daniels' FMLA Boot Camp Courses, 2009