Labor & Employment

One of the most important and challenging assets a growing company has is its workforce. The success of brilliant and disruptive ideas often depends on whether or not someone on the ground can execute them. At The Venture Attorney, we take employment law very seriously because we understand that employment issues can make or break our clients’ companies. 

Employment is regulated at the federal, state, and local levels, and your business must comply with every regulation to avoid costly litigation. We specialize in providing practical and preventative advice that can help you to avoid a bad or challenging situation. Employment litigation is expensive and time-consuming, which is why our goal is to help employees avoid it at all costs. 

 

Employment

One of the most important and challenging assets a growing company has is its workforce. The success of brilliant and disruptive ideas often depends on whether or not someone on the ground can execute them. At The Venture Attorney, we take employment law very seriously because we understand that employment issues can make or break our clients’ companies. 

Employment is regulated at the federal, state, and local levels, and your business must comply with every regulation to avoid costly litigation. We specialize in providing practical and preventative advice that can help you to avoid a bad or challenging situation. Employment litigation is expensive and time-consuming, which is why our goal is to help employees avoid it at all costs. 

 

Crafting Your Employment Plan

Here is what our employment services look like practically:

  • We can help you to draft handbooks and personnel policies. Many early-state start-ups are missing employee handbooks entirely, leading to gross misconduct as the company scales. We will help our clients to fix that oversight immediately. 
  • We will draft employment offer letters and agreements to help you secure top talent without leaving you vulnerable to future litigation. 
  • We will advise on wage and hour regulations to ensure your business stays in compliance.
  • We will advise on employee classification. Misclassifying employees as independent contractors can lead to disastrous results, so we will help you to avoid those pitfalls early.
  • We can help you draft severance policies and separation agreements that do not leave you vulnerable to lawsuits. 
  • We can investigate employee misconduct and advise whether termination is the best course of action from a legal perspective. 
  • We can help to draft affirmative action plans that do not conflict with anti-discrimination regulations.

 

Overall, we can help you to avoid litigation. However, if litigation becomes inevitable, we can and will represent you. Our #1 goal is the success of your business, so when it comes to litigation, we will operate as efficiently as possible. We will aggressively pursue favorable settlements early in the litigation process so that you can go back to doing what you do best—running and growing your business. 

Crafting Your Employment Plan

Here is what our employment services look like practically:

  • We can help you to draft handbooks and personnel policies. Many early-state start-ups are missing employee handbooks entirely, leading to gross misconduct as the company scales. We will help our clients to fix that oversight immediately. 
  • We will draft employment offer letters and agreements to help you secure top talent without leaving you vulnerable to future litigation. 
  • We will advise on wage and hour regulations to ensure your business stays in compliance.
  • We will advise on employee classification. Misclassifying employees as independent contractors can lead to disastrous results, so we will help you to avoid those pitfalls early.
  • We can help you draft severance policies and separation agreements that do not leave you vulnerable to lawsuits. 
  • We can investigate employee misconduct and advise whether termination is the best course of action from a legal perspective. 
  • We can help to draft affirmative action plans that do not conflict with anti-discrimination regulations.

 

Overall, we can help you to avoid litigation. However, if litigation becomes inevitable, we can and will represent you. Our #1 goal is the success of your business, so when it comes to litigation, we will operate as efficiently as possible. We will aggressively pursue favorable settlements early in the litigation process so that you can go back to doing what you do best—running and growing your business.