We Provide Comprehensive Compliance and Defense Representation for Employers on Long Island
If your company has employees, it has risks that it needs to manage. Failing to manage these risks effectively can expose your company to significant liability—and it can potentially lead to reputational harm and other consequences as well. A Long Island employer lawyer at Bell Law Group can provide the advice, representation, and documentation you need to manage your company’s workforce with confidence.
Our Services for Long Island Employers
We provide comprehensive compliance and defense representation for employers on Long Island. Whether you are building a company from the ground up or you need help managing your company’s existing employment-related risks, our lawyers have the experience and insights required to protect your company’s interests going forward. Our services for Long Island employers include:
Employer Consulting and Training
Our lawyers assist Long Island employers with developing and implementing custom-tailored compliance policies and procedures. Employers on Long Island need to manage compliance at the federal, state, and local levels, and they need to develop compliance programs that are suited to their specific employment-related risks and needs.
We work with employers of all sizes to ensure that they have the documentation and protocols they need to manage their employment-related risks effectively. Our lawyers routinely assist employers on Long Island and throughout New York with matters such as:
- Developing employment policies and procedures
- Implementing systems and protocols for managing employment-related compliance
- Providing compliance training to supervisors, managers, and other personnel
- Conducting compliance audits and taking remedial measures when necessary
- Drafting and negotiating employment agreements
While we are available to provide these (and other) services ad hoc, we work with many of our clients on an ongoing basis. By helping these clients take a consistent and proactive approach to employment-related risk management, we are able to help them proactively identify and manage potential risks, and we are able to help them ensure that their employment policies and procedures remain suited to their needs as their workforces grow and evolve over time.
Employer Defense
Along with helping employers on Long Island mitigate their risk of facing employment-related claims and disputes, we also provide defense representation when necessary. We defend Long Island employers in all types of employment liability matters, including (but not limited to):
- Equal pay claims
- Wage and hour claims
- Workplace discrimination claims
- Workplace harassment claims
- Wrongful termination claims
We defend Long Island employers in disputes involving employment agreements, severance agreements, and other employment-related contracts as well. If you need to speak with a Long Island employer lawyer about an employee’s claim against your company, we strongly encourage you to contact us right away.
Depending on the circumstances involved, defending against an employment-related claim can involve responding to a complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), responding to a complaint filed with the New York State Division of Human Rights or the New York City Commission on Human Rights, or fighting to protect the company’s interests in court. We are equally comfortable handling each of these types of proceedings on behalf of employers on Long Island.
A Custom-Tailored Approach to Comprehensive Employer Compliance and Defense
Regardless of the specific services we are providing, we take a custom-tailored approach focused on meeting our clients’ needs as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. With this in mind, our approach to employer representation on Long Island involves:
1. Assessing the Company’s Specific Obligations and Risks
We begin by assessing the company’s specific employment-related obligations and risks. We do this to ensure that we are providing all of the advice and recommendations our clients need while also ensuring that our clients do not incur compliance-related costs unnecessarily.
2. Developing a Custom-Tailored Strategy
After assessing the company’s needs, we develop a custom-tailored strategy based on the specific circumstances at hand. We do this whether we have been engaged to provide consulting and training services or we have been engaged to provide representation in an employment-related dispute.
3. Providing Advice and Representation as Needed
We focus on providing the advice and representation our clients need—no more and no less. We understand that many of our clients have limited budgets for managing the legal aspects of employment, and we take this into account while still ensuring that our clients’ owners and executives have all of the information they need to make sound decisions.
FAQs: Protecting Your Company Against Employment-Related Risks
What steps should we take to ensure our employee handbook and policies are compliant with the latest New York State and local Long Island employment laws?
Ensuring that a company’s employee handbook and compliance are up to date requires a thorough review of these materials in light of all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. If you are concerned that your company’s employment compliance documentation may be out of date, a Long Island employer lawyer at our firm can determine whether any updates are needed.
How can an attorney help us structure our employee documentation and termination procedures to best mitigate the risk of future litigation?
Working with an experienced attorney is essential for effectively managing companies’ employment-related risk. At Bell Law Group, we have extensive experience working with employers of all sizes.
What is your firm’s primary strategy for defending against wage and hour claims (e.g., overtime disputes, misclassification) under New York and federal law?
We take a comprehensive approach to defending employers on Long Island against wage and hour claims. These are complex cases that can involve a wide range of legal issues, so the first step is to conduct a thorough risk assessment. Once we know the risks an employer is facing, then we can build the employer’s defense strategy accordingly.
Schedule a Free Initial Consultation at Bell Law Group
If you would like more information about our consulting and defense services for employers on Long Island, we invite you to get in touch. To schedule a free initial consultation with an experienced Long Island employer lawyer at Bell Law Group, please call 516-280-3008 or contact us online today.
