| I provide a wide-range of consulting and legal representation services in the area of employment law. In addition to being an attorney, my experience as a Human Resource consultant, dispute mediator and former government investigator allows me to see the "big picture" — providing advice (or creating documentation) that protects the employer's business interests and is highly functional.
The following is a sample of the services I provide:
- Compliance Advice
- Compliance assistance on most state or federal employment laws, including:
- Wage and hour law issues (overtime, exempt/non-exempt classifications, payroll laws, etc.)
- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws, including race, gender, harassment and disability issues
- Leave laws (FMLA, military, etc.)
- Employee privacy laws
- Benefit laws (COBRA, HIPAA, etc.)
- Termination laws (including RIF's)
- Consulting & Process Advice
- How to do a background check on an employee in a legally compliant manner
- How to accommodate a disabled employee under the Americans with Disabilities Act
- How to accommodate a pregnant employee under EEO laws
- How to manage a problem or high-risk employee
- How to manage leaves of absences
- How to warn an employee about a performance (or other) problem
- How to resolve complex employee-relations issues (including for those involving high-level executives)
- How to terminate an employee
- How to conduct a Reduction-In-Force (RIF)
- Policy/Document Creation & Review
- Employee policy manuals
- Drug testing policies
- EEO policies
- New hire documentation
- Miscellaneous individual or multiple issue specialized policies
- Policy/Document Creation & Review
- Contract Creation
- Employment contracts
- Severance/release agreements
- Confidentiality and non-compete agreements
- Internal Investigations
- Direct and conduct internal investigations into harassment, discrimination and other employee complaints
- Conduct risk assessment of employee-relations problems and develop effective resolution strategies
- Legal Compliance Auditing
- Exempt/non-exempt classifications
- Benefit/leave law compliance
- Employer recording keeping requirements (hours worked, personnel files, etc.)
- Wage and hour compliance
- Legal Representation
- Represent clients before state and federal administrative labor agencies (state labor commissions, EEOC, US Dept. of Labor, etc.)
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