Advice &
Counsel
Work with Medina McKelvey to improve compliance, mitigate risk, Troubleshoot issues, and refocus on Your mission.
Employers are facing More Threats and Challenges every day
Without the right guidance, it can be difficult to care for both your organization and your employees. In California alone:
Employment discrimination complaints are increasing.
Thousands of sexual harassment complaints and retaliation claims are filed each year.
Wage and hour class and PAGA actions commonly result in high six- and seven-figure settlements (enough to shut down a small business).
The California Employment Development Department (EDD) collects hundreds of millions of dollars every year in settlement and award payments for employment-related claims.
Our Team can Help You
navigate
the employment landscape
California employers face unique risks. At Medina McKelvey, we work with you to proactively bolster compliance and culture to improve your employment practices and reduce the risk of lawsuits.
Our unique approach to blending legal advice with practical HR advisory solutions gives our clients an edge in preventing problems from turning into litigation and compliance headaches.
Gain Better Protection with a truly full-service employment law firm
Our Advice and Counsel Team offers insight and guidance around numerous complex topics, such as:
Leaves of absence
Termination and severance
Timekeeping and compensation challenges
COVID-related workplace decisions
Vacation and PTO issues
Paystub/payroll disputes
HR compliance audits
Workplace harassment
Discrimination complaints
Handbooks and policies
Employee relations
Anti-harassment and anti-bias training
Other employment-related issues
An Improvement Over Typical HR Advice & Consulting
Our comprehensive legal solutions are aligned with what makes sense to serve our clients while keeping legal bills in check.
Every HR matter does not need to be handled by a lawyer. But you DO need to have audits and conversations about improving compliance protected under the attorney-client privilege. With a typical HR consulting or advisory firm, any reports or audits showing that your compliance is lacking can be discoverable in litigation and used against you in court. Having your HR practices supervised by an attorney can help protect your organization from unnecessary exposure.
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No, we keep our client’s costs in line by assigning the appropriate level of support for each step in an engagement. For example:
Creating a first draft of a handbook or an onboarding program can be done by our skilled HR professionals.
Double-checking documents, spotting potential problems, and communicating day-to-day on certain matters could be handled by a trained and experienced paralegal.
Providing legal advice around a sensitive employee termination would mean bringing in one of our advice and counsel attorneys for a consultation.
Meet the Leaders
Of Our Advice & Counsel Practice Group
Chantelle
Egan
Partner, Leader of the Advice and Counsel Practice Group
“There are almost always steps businesses can take to protect themselves and their people from workplace missteps. By bringing best practices into play as early as possible, we help head off the threat of litigation for our clients.”
ALEX
MEDINA
Founding Partner
“The best defense against California’s often oppressive employment laws is a good offense. This includes proactive and engaging education, training, testing and enforcement. We don’t know any California law firm that seamlessly integrates HR, compliance, and Litigation Defense and Prevention better than we do at Medina McKelvey.”
Samantha
D’Amico
HR Operations Advisor, PHR-CA
“COMPLIANCE IS MORE THAN PRACTICES, PROCEDURES, AND REGULATIONS. IT’S SHOWING YOUR EMPLOYEES THAT YOU CARE, WHILE BUILDING A STRONGER, BETTER BUSINESS. A COMPLIANCE PLAN HELPS CREATE A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR GROWTH.”
New Online
Certification For
California
Employers
At Medina McKelvey, we aren’t satisfied with the outdated solutions to increasingly complex challenges. We founded a separate company, California Compliance Solutions (Cal Comply), as a convenient, affordable online training and certification platform for managers and employees. Cal Comply training not only helps prevent future employment lawsuits, but it also has been proven to reduce liability in existing lawsuits while engaging employees and creating a more conscientious culture of compliance.
Contact our Advice and Counsel Practice Group
Looking for a way to prevent employment lawsuits? We work to foster positive relationships between employers and employees so you can focus on running your business.
Fill out the form at the right to get in touch with our Advice & Counsel Practice Group.