Preventive Employment Relations Counseling

Often, employment lawsuits can be won before the lawsuit is filed by having the right policies in your employee handbook. Miller Canfield’s Employment and Labor team offers preventive employment relations counseling to help clients avoid litigation or set themselves up to win in the situations when litigation is unavoidable. 

Our human resources audits will find potential problems in your employee handbook policies so that you can fix them before it’s too late. We offer counseling in all of the following areas where problems often occur: 

• Family and Medical Leave Act administration; 
• Reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and other disability issues;
• Wage and hour (Fair Labor Standards Act) practices; 
• Drug testing and employee privacy; 
• Social media issues; 
• Plant closings, voluntary early retirement programs and reductions in force;
• Immigration issues; 
• Independent contractors; 
• Performance management, and; 
• Personnel files, recordkeeping and retention. 

From instituting a drug testing program to protect your employees to complying with several federal laws that govern reducing your workforce, Miller Canfield can tailor a solution that fits your company's specific needs.