Employment Counseling and Training

• Wage and hour issues, including proper classification of workers as employees or independent contractors, overtime and timekeeping practices and other wage payment issues
• Employee life-cycle compliance issues, including recruiting, hiring, retention, promotion, discipline, termination and post-termination
• Fair employment practices, including Title VII, EPA, ADEA, and ADA
• Noncompete restrictions and trade secret protections
• Implementation of compensation plans
• Leave management, including FMLA
• Record-keeping requirements
  
• Affirmative action requirements

• Professionalism in the workplace, including harassment and discrimination, diversity and inclusion, unconscious bias, and bystander
• Ensuring nondiscrimination in the hiring and evaluation processes
• Wage and hour compliance
• Leave and disability management
  
• Privacy in the workplace
• Internal HR investigations

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• State and local agency equivalents
• National Labor Relations Board
• Department of Labor
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration

We routinely audit employment policies, practices and procedures in an effort to reduce employers' risks and ensure legal compliance. From employment applications to employee classification and timekeeping practices to the protection of trade secrets and confidential information to anti-harassment policies and procedures, our team can offer cost-effective steps that minimize exposure in a number of areas.