Eric Su is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross Litigation Department and Employment and Labor Practice Group. His practice mainly involves representing management in all aspects of employment and labor law, including government investigations, class and collective action litigation defense involving alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and parallel state wage and hour laws. Mr. Su has routinely handled investigations by federal and state labor departments, law enforcement, and municipal agencies concerning wage and hour issues including, but not limited to, compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act (and Related Acts), Service Contract Act, and state “little Davis-Bacon” and other prevailing wage or similar laws. Mr. Su has litigated large scale wage and hour collective and class actions around the country and has achieved favorable results for his clients.
Mr. Su also regularly counsels project developers and contractors in renewable energy projects around the country regarding compliance with the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements for enhanced tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act. He blends his more than two decades long experience in prevailing wage laws and construction law and provides practical advice on issues ranging from day-to-day compliance to resolving complex and cutting-edge issues. Mr. Su similarly is well experienced in advising clients in complying with the Davis-Bacon Act and state equivalents that are often the prerequisite to government grants and tax benefits for projects such as the Chips and Science Act of 2022 and similar state programs.
Mr. Su regularly counsels clients in all facets of workplace issues including, but not limited to, day-to-day human resources matters, implementation of workplace policies, rules, and practices concerning restrictive covenants, paid time off, medical and family leave, workplace harassment, discrimination and harassment, alternative dispute resolution, “ban-the-box” and background checks, employee/contractor classification, and employee overtime exemption status. He is experienced in counseling employers on investigations involving allegations of employee and management misconduct and fraud, wage and hour violations, workplace harassment, employee disloyalty, and other workplace issues. Mr. Su is often called by his clients to advise on labor and employment issues relating to company crisis management and sensitive workplace matters. Mr. Su also represents hotels on all aspects of labor management relations, including but not limited to collective bargaining, employee grievances, and day-to-day personnel management matters.
He further advises employers on litigation prevention. Such efforts include leading comprehensive and nationwide audits of large corporate clients’ employment practices, employee classification, and wage and hour compliance. His emphasis on compliance with employment laws and regulations have led to many successful results for his clients before federal and state administrative investigations and in federal and state courts. He has obtained numerous favorable results for his clients in dealing with investigations by the federal and state departments of labor and has successfully resolved labor department investigations in lieu of criminal charges being brought by prosecutorial authorities.
Mr. Su is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.