Ongoing Advice and Counsel

Partnering with Vantage Legal Solutions for ongoing advice and counsel gives you the benefit of our expert legal advice anytime, anywhere, and as often as your business needs dictate. We provide advice and counsel to help you navigage the entire employment lifecycle-- from hiring to retiring and everything in between. Co-Working with Vantage Legal in this manner helps ensure your consistent and compliant handling of:

Anti-Discrimination Laws.

Federal, state and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment arise in virtually every employment decision you make, from where to advertise open positions to the manner in which involuntary separations are conducted. Our attorneys will help you make decisions with lawsuit prevention and cost-efficient defense in mind.

Employee Leaves.

The intersection of the FMLA, ADA and state worker's compensation laws creates incredibly complex issues when employees desire leave and time-off. Vantage Legal will help you effectively navigate the waters.

Employment Contracts.

We give guidance on and prepare the employment contracts that protect your critical proprietary information, including covenants not to compete, confidentiality agreements, invention agreements and non-solicitation agreements.

Outsourcing.

Whether your business is growing through the use of leased and temporary employees, or you utilize independent contractors, we help ensure that you are in compliance with the laws affecting the use of contingent workers.

Reductions in Force.

When the need arises for a workforce restructuring, we help you understand your legal obligations-- from developing a legally supported selection process to attaining enforceable waivers and releases.

Record-keeping.

Navigating the many federal and state record-keeping laws can be a challenge for employers of all sizes. Whether you keep records for 1 or 10,000 employees and in single or multi-state facilities, we keep you apprised of what records to keep, for how long, and in what form.

Recruiting and Hiring.

We provide you with guidance on starting your employment relationships, including employment applications, interviewing procedures, reference and background checking, offer letters and immigration requirements.

Separation of Employment.

When the employment lifecycle come to a close, we provide guidance to your management in making difficult separation decisions that are preventive in nature and on solutions for providing liability-free employment references.

Wage and Hour Matters.

We help ensure you are paying employees consistent with the law and that your employee exempt classifications are up-to-date and accurate.