Regulatory Compliance

Federal and state laws and regulations are increasingly more complicated.

Now, more than ever before, HR practices, systems, policies, and procedures must be kept up to date.  Managers need a clear understanding of their options.

We can help by:
  • Thoroughly reviewing data, documents, records, systems, and practices

  • Carefully crafting handbooks, policies and procedures, job descriptions, and other employment-related documentation

  • Confidentially conducting investigations, interviews, and focus groups

  • Impartially facilitating internal complaint resolution processes

 

Our goal is to help you reduce management anxiety associated with employee relations and decision making.  You can improve employee relations by creating an environment where employees know their company cares about Equal Opportunity, Ethics, and Non-Discrimination.

 

Every day you are affected by:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Generally enforces statutes that ensure non-discrimination in employment. These include:

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

Equal Pay Act of 1963

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) Rehabilitation Act of 1972, Sections 501 and 502 Titles I and V of the Americans with Disabilities Act/Amendments Act (ADAAA) Civil Rights Act of 1991

 

Department of Labor (DOL)

Administers and enforces more than 180 federal laws.  These include:

  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
  • Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
  • Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Right Act (USERRA)
  • Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
  • Employee Polygraph Protection Act
  • Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)
  • Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – amended for Military Leave

 

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Created by Congress in 1935 to administer the National Labor Relations Act, the primary law governing relations between unions and employers in the private sector. The statute guarantees the right of employees to organize and to bargain collectively with their employers, and to engage in other protected concerted activity with or without a union, or to refrain from all such activity.  Statutes include The Taft-Hartley Act.

 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Focused on protecting the American people and their homeland.   Employment statutes and processes enforced by DHS include:

  • Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
  • I-9
  • E-verify
  • Immigration - Visas
  • Passports

 

Professional associations are your first line of information and support, so here are links to some major national HR-related groups.