Transportation

Littler’s Transportation Industry Group advises employers across trucking, logistics, aviation, rail and passenger mobility, helping clients navigate complex regulatory landscapes and workforce challenges with precision and confidence.

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In an industry defined by tight margins, safety-sensitive environments, 24/7 operations, and shifting regulatory demands, conventional solutions often fall short. We work closely with clients to develop smarter and more practical and cost-effective strategies tailored to the realities of modern transportation workforces.

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A Strategic Partner in a Complex Industry

We deliver trusted counsel to a broad spectrum of ground transportation and logistics clients, offering a business-first mindset and solutions that address both immediate legal issues and long-term operational goals. Our team brings deep industry knowledge and a proactive, collaborative approach to every engagement.

Employers across the vast and complex transportation sector face common challenges: navigating a highly regulated environment, managing a geographically dispersed and diverse workforce, and responding to rapidly evolving business and customer demands. We understand these pressures and deliver tailored labor and employment guidance that help clients stay ahead in this fast-paced, high-stakes landscape.

Deep Coverage Across Every Mode of Transport

With a global platform and a collaborative team of seasoned attorneys, we partner with transportation employers to protect their interests, support their workforce strategies, and drive operational success. Our experience spans the broader supply-chain economy, including regional and national trucking carriers, parcel and last‑mile networks, warehousing and intermodal operations, commercial airlines and cargo carriers, railroads and short‑line railways, public transit, and emerging mobility providers.

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Experience That Moves the Industry Forward

Our attorneys bring decades of experience navigating the legal and regulatory complexities that define global transportation workforces, including highly unionized environments and mission-critical operations. Backed by Littler’s nationally recognized reputation for labor-management excellence, our years of experience navigating interactions with judges, arbitrators, administrative agencies, and opposing counsel enable us to deliver practical, cost-effective solutions, grounded in deep industry insight.

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Deep Bench Strength Across Every Workforce Challenge

As the largest U.S.-based firm exclusively representing management in labor and employment law, we offer unmatched industry knowledge and agility, drawing on wide-ranging subject-matter experience in wage and hour, drug testing, workplace safety, privacy, performance management and leaves and accommodations, including paid sick leave, as well as labor law under the NLRA, RLA and other applicable frameworks globally. Littler’s robust knowledge management infrastructure ensures clients stay ahead of rapidly evolving regulatory, legislative, and case‑law developments.

Labor Relations & Collective Bargaining

We advise clients on contract administration, grievance management and nationwide or multi‑employer bargaining under the NLRA and RLA, offering real‑time strategy on scheduling, safety, technology, staffing and evolving union priorities.
Labor Arbitration & Contract Dispute Resolution

We handle a high volume of arbitration matters for transportation employers, resolving disputes over discipline, discharge, scheduling, pay and contract terms by drawing on strong relationships with arbitrators and opposing counsel.
Union & Non-Union Workforce Strategy

We help clients manage heavily unionized environments, including strike preparation, and develop proactive strategies for non‑union operations, including employee‑relations planning, contract risk analysis and long‑term workforce stability.
Operational Support for Multistate Transportation Operations

We advise on owner‑operator models, independent‑contractor risks and state‑specific tests; support employers facing driver shortages and high turnover; and help scale operations across diverse regulatory and workforce environments.
Regulatory & Safety Compliance Across DOT, FMCSA, FAA & FRA Requirements

We help transportation employers meet complex safety obligations through guidance on DOT, FMCSA, FAA, and FRA compliance, audits, safety‑rating challenges, corrective‑action plans and drug and alcohol testing requirements.
Restructuring, Due Diligence & Labor Risk Management During Operational Change

We support transportation employers through mergers, acquisitions, outsourcing, and workforce reductions by conducting labor‑focused due diligence, analyzing contract and operational risks, and helping implement strategic transitions.
Defending Transportation Employers Across Venues

When necessary, we defend employers in wage and hour actions, misclassification disputes, discrimination and whistleblower claims, administrative hearings, and class and collective litigation across the transportation industry.
Employment Advice & Counsel for a Complex Workforce Environment

We deliver practical workforce solutions through day-to-day advice and policy development, compliance guidance and training, specifically designed for the unique needs of the transportation industry.