WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU…

• Employment Relationship (employees & contractors)
  • Employee Handbook & contracts
• Hiring Process
  • Job descriptions
  • Advertising & screening
  • Applications & interviews
  • Background checks & pre-employment testing
  • Job offers
  • New employee onboarding/orientation
• Evaluations, Work Rules, & Discipline
  • Dress code
  • Personnel files
  • Required posters
  • Corporate ethics
  • Progressive discipline
• Terminating the Relationship
  • Termination procedures
  • Final pay and accrued leave
  • Other considerations (constructive discharge, whistle-blower regulations, defamation liability, employee due process, downsizing & layoff procedures)
• Payroll (exempt/salaried & non-exempt/hourly employees)
  • Wage ranges (creating pay matrix by employee function/category)
  • Overtime & alternatives to overtime (exemptions from OT)
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), child labor, other wage regulations
  • Garnishments, withholding orders, tax levies, debtors in bankruptcy, Dept of Education garnishments
  • Tax considerations
• Leave Policies
  • Vacation & sick leave
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Mandatory paid leave
  • Family and Medical Leave Act
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Military Leave
  • Other leave
• Benefits (health, dental, vision, IRA, 401K, HSA, life insurance, personal financial planning)
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • HSAs and other tax-favored plans
  • COBRA
  • Mandated benefits
  • Qualified medical child support orders
  • Other plans
• Workers’ Compensation
  • Coverage assistance
  • Course and scope of employment
  • Claim procedures
  • Benefits
• Unemployment Insurance
  • Employer contributions
  • Coverage & eligibility
  • Misconduct and quitting for cause
  • Claim procedures
  • Benefits
• Workplace Safety
  • OSHA
  • Safety & health standards
  • Record-keeping & reporting
  • State requirements
  • Violence & guns in the workplace
  • Disaster planning
• Discrimination in General
  • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
  • Other nondiscrimination laws
  • Professional Code of Ethics
  • Record keeping
  • Employment practices liability insurance
  • Gender discrimination (Equal Pay Act)
  • Age discrimination (covered employees & exceptions)
• Employee Privacy
  • Private places
  • Sensitive records
  • Surveillance & electronic monitoring
  • Drug & alcohol testing
  • Social media policies
• Alternative Work Arrangements
  • Teleworking
  • Flextime
  • Contingent workers
  • Contract & 1099