Our Workplace Counseling team offers comprehensive guidance through every stage of the employment life cycle, from recruiting through separation. We help our clients with matters that include:
INFRASTRUCTURE
- Advice for launching or growing a business
- Workforce growth and hiring strategies
- Independent contractor versus employee classification
- Exempt versus nonexempt classification
- Job description development and review
- Compensation structure and employee benefits
- Affirmative action compliance
- Government contractor compliance (OFCCP)
- Workplace safety compliance
RECRUITMENT & HIRING
- Job posting compliance
- Interviewing best practices
- Applicant screening and drug/alcohol/medical testing
- Background check (credit and criminal) compliance
- Employment agreements
- Confidentiality, trade secret, noncompetition, and nonsolicitation agreements
POLICIES & TRAINING
- Employee handbooks, policies, practices, and training
- Advice on human resources best practices
- Anti-discrimination and anti-harassment compliance and training
- Whistleblower and anti-retaliation compliance
- Wage and hour compliance (FLSA)
- Record retention requirements
- Privacy and data protection compliance
RETENTION
- Employee relations
- Labor relations
- Labor grievances
- Investigations of workplace complaints and crisis response strategies
- Reasonable accommodations (Title VII, ADA, PDA, and state law)
- Leaves of absence (FMLA)
- Performance reviews and counseling best practices
- Retention bonuses
- Wage and hour/equal pay audits
- Worker safety (OSHA/MSHA)
- Workplace violence prevention and crisis response strategies
SEPARATION
- Employee counseling and discipline
- Employee terminations
- Severance policies and agreements
- Waiver and release agreements
- Layoffs, reductions in force (RIFs), and WARN Act compliance
- M&A-related due diligence and employment integration