Jason R. Stanevich, based in New York City and New Haven, Connecticut, advises and represents employers in complex labor and employment matters, with a nationally recognized practice focused on traditional labor law, labor-management relations, and workforce strategy. Drawing on extensive experience in both the private and public sectors, Jason serves as a trusted advisor to organizations ranging from regional employers to Fortune 100 companies. Jason has negotiated over 100 collective bargaining agreements and litigated hundreds of arbitrations for employers across a broad range of industries, utilizing a results-oriented approach that enables clients to focus on their operational and business objectives.
Jason partners with executive leadership, human resources professionals, labor relations teams, and in-house counsel to develop and implement enterprise-wide labor relations, workforce management, and risk mitigation strategies that align operational, regulatory, and business priorities across complex organizations.
As a key member of Littler's Labor Practice Group, Jason counsels employers on a broad spectrum of sophisticated labor-management matters, including:
- Collective bargaining strategy, contract negotiations, labor arbitrations, and contingency planning
- Union organizing campaigns, representation elections, and workforce management issues
- Labor relations assessments, compliance initiatives, and workforce transformation strategies
- Labor and employment issues arising from mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and other corporate transactions
- Litigation under the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, and related federal court proceedings, including injunction litigation
A substantial portion of Jason's practice is devoted to advising health systems, hospitals, long-term care providers, aerospace manufacturers, defense contractors, and other highly regulated employers. He regularly guides clients through labor relations challenges that have significant operational, financial, and strategic implications and has a unique understanding of the intersection of labor relations with the healthcare and defense industries.
Jason is also a seasoned labor litigator who regularly represents employers before the National Labor Relations Board in unfair labor practice proceedings, representation matters, and complex pre-election and post-election litigation. In addition to his extensive arbitration experience, he has tried nearly two dozen cases before the NLRB.
Prior to joining Littler, Jason served as Assistant General Counsel to the New York City Mayor's Office of Labor Relations, where he represented the City of New York and the New York City Police Department in hundreds of labor arbitrations and unfair labor practice proceedings. This experience provides him with a distinctive perspective on collective bargaining, labor dispute resolution, and workforce management, allowing him to deliver strategic and pragmatic counsel in even the most challenging labor relations environments.