Emily A. Zaklukiewicz
Emily A. Zaklukiewicz advises and represents employers across a broad range of labor and employment matters, with a practice spanning employment litigation, multistate workplace counseling, and traditional labor law. She works closely with employers to navigate complex workplace issues, manage legal risk, and develop practical strategies tailored to their business and workforce needs.
Emily has substantial experience litigating employment matters in state and federal court, in arbitration proceedings, and before administrative agencies, including the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Connecticut Department of Labor. Her litigation practice encompasses a variety of employment-related disputes, including claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour issues, and other workplace matters.
A significant focus of Emily’s practice is multistate advice and counseling, with particular experience in leaves of absence and workplace accommodations. She guides employers through overlapping federal, state, and local requirements, including the interactive process, accommodation requests, intermittent and extended leaves, medical restrictions, and return to work and separation decisions.
Her multistate counseling practice extends to workplace issues throughout the employment relationship, including:
- Hiring and onboarding
- Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation matters
- Employee discipline and termination
- Reductions in force and organizational restructurings
- Wage and hour compliance
- Workplace investigations and training
- Employee handbooks and personnel policies
- Separation and severance matters
- Employment-related due diligence in connection with corporate transactions
Across these areas, Emily provides practical guidance that balances compliance obligations with employers’ operational needs.
Emily also maintains a significant traditional labor practice, representing and advising unionized and nonunion employers on a wide range of labor relations matters. She represents employers in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, including unfair labor practice charges and representation and election-related proceedings. Emily also counsels employers on positive employee relations and labor law compliance; assists organizations in developing short- and long-term labor strategies; guides employers through union organizing and representation campaigns; negotiates collective bargaining agreements; represents employers in grievance and labor arbitration proceedings; and advises on complex issues arising under collective bargaining agreements and federal labor law.
Before joining Littler, Emily practiced management-side labor and employment law at an AmLaw 200 law firm.
Emily graduated first in her law school class. While in law school, she served as managing editor of the Stetson Law Review and as an associate editor of the Journal of International Aging Law & Policy. She was a member of Stetson Law’s Honors Program, served as a teaching assistant, participated in the Student Leadership Development Committee, and received the Highest Grade Designation in five courses. Emily also served as a federal judicial intern to the Hon. Susan C. Bucklew of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida and as a certified legal intern with the City of St. Petersburg City Attorney’s Office.