Employment and Contractor Matters
Our breadth of knowledge in employment and contractor issues allows us to assist your business as an in-house human resources department. We can assist you in avoiding disputes and building forms and processes for future growth.
Policies and Procedures
Avoiding future disputes often starts with building a good foundation with well-crafted Company policies and procedures. We can help you with:
- Employee handbooks and related policies and procedures, including assisting employers with regular review and updating of those documents.
- Guidance on appropriate classification of workers and other complex wage and hour issues
- Advising employers about drug and alcohol testing and Arizona’s medical marijuana law
Contracts
Contracts with employees and contractors come in a variety of forms, all of which should be reviewed by an attorney. We can assist with drafting and revising current contracts, such as:
- Preparing offer letters and employment contracts (including intellectual property ownership, and post-employment restrictive covenants)
- Negotiating and preparing separation and severance agreements (including with restrictive covenants and confi dentiality agreements)
- Independent contractor and consultant agreements
- Sales commission agreements
Advice and Risk Analysis
Risks may arise in a Company’s relationship with employees, no matter how few or many employees a Company employs. We can help you navigate those concerns by providing the following services:
- Counseling employers for employee discipline and termination issues
- Providing advice and risk analysis regarding employee hiring and departures
- Conducting and advising on workplace investigations into allegations of unlawful activity or other wrongdoing
- Advise regarding medical lease of absence and reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees.
- Counseling employers regarding workplace injuries
- Counseling employers regarding compliance with the employment law “alphabet soup,” including: Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) matters, the Arizona Civil Rights Act, Arizona’s Employment Protection Act, Arizona Wage Act, and the Arizona Trade Secrets Act.
