North Carolina
Employment Law

Executive Legal is dedicated in providing detailed, actionable legal support to ensure your company operates within all applicable state and federal regulations.

Providing Customized Legal Assistance

Executive Legal offers a responsive and detailed approach to employment law. Whether you are drafting employment contracts or managing HR policies, our services are tailored to align with your business’s specific requirements.

With the legal environment continually evolving, keeping up with these changes can be challenging for active entrepreneurs and business leaders. We aim to stay well-versed in local and federal laws, providing timely updates and proactive solutions to help you manage risks and maintain compliance.

Contract Creation and Review

We draft and review employment contracts that address your business needs while ensuring compliance and minimizing potential disputes.

Conflict Resolution

We aim at resolving conflicts efficiently with minimal impact on your business.

Our Goal

Safeguarding Your Legal Interests

Knowing your legal responsibilities and rights as an employer is key to preventing litigation and fostering a stable, productive work environment. Our focus is to safeguard your interests while preserving the professionalism and culture of your workplace.

We emphasize transparency and integrity, ensuring that you receive not only legal council but also a partnership. With the law being a matter of black and white, it is important to have strategic support and discern the various options available in your unique situation.

What's Included

Employment Law Support

Our services in employment law are extensive, providing you with robust support including areas such as:

Employment Contracts: Insightful advice on crafting and negotiating contracts that adhere to North Carolina laws and protect both the company and its employees.

Regulatory Compliance: Creating a framework for your operations to comply with all relevant local, state, and federal employment laws.

HR Compliance and Advisories: Strategies for developing or refining HR policies that meet current legal standards and industry best practices.

Dispute Mediation: Support in mediating disputes internally before they progress to legal action, conserving time and resources.

FAQs

Find answers to commonly asked questions about our employment law services.

We provide businesses with legal guidance related to employee management and compliance. We assist businesses in drafting and reviewing employment contracts, separation agreements, performance improvement plans, developing workplace policies and handbooks, and providing guidance on a myriad of labor laws. Our role often times also includes advising on best practices for employee relations and mitigating legal risks associated with hiring, terminations and workplace disputes.

Proactively consulting an employment lawyer can be helpful in navigating complex and frequently changing laws, minimize risk and allow you to focus on day-to-day business. Some reasons you may want to consult an employment lawyer are:

  • Hiring and Onboarding: When establishing employment contracts, non-compete agreements, or confidentiality agreements to ensure legal compliance and protect business interests.
  • Employee Management: When dealing with sensitive employee issues such as discrimination complaints, harassment allegations, FMLA and other related leave laws or disciplinary actions to ensure fair treatment and compliance with employment laws.
  • Policy Development/Employee Handbooks: When creating or updating company policies and procedures related to employee conduct, benefits, leaves of absence, or workplace safety to ensure legal compliance and consistency.
  • Termination and Layoffs: Before terminating an employee or implementing layoffs to ensure compliance with employment laws, mitigate potential legal risks, and handle severance agreements.
  • Wage and Hour Compliance: To navigate complex issues related to overtime pay, minimum wage laws, classification of employees as exempt or non-exempt, and other wage-related matters.
  • Workplace Safety and Health: When addressing workplace safety concerns, dealing with OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) investigations, or developing protocols for handling health-related emergencies.
  • Employment Litigation: When facing lawsuits or legal claims from current or former employees related to wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, or other employment-related issues. While we do not litigate, we can provide pre-litigation support whether it’s a consultation to assess your particular circumstance, or potential remedies before litigation such as mediation.
  • Compliance Audits: Periodically to conduct audits of HR practices and policies to ensure ongoing compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws.
  • Mergers and Acquisitions: During business transactions to assess employment-related liabilities, review employee contracts, and ensure a smooth transition of human resources.
  • Misclassification: employee vs. independent contractor.
  • Violation of FMLA or other various leave laws specific to North Carolina.
  • Employee reprimands, performance improvement plans, and termination related issues.
  • Hiring- employment contracts, non-solicitation, non-compete, compensation plans.
  • Claims of harassment, hostile work environment, and other culture related issues.

It depends, but most often no. Barring certain situations, an attorney will typically be retained by one side of the disagreement. We help businesses implement best practices geared toward achieving positive and mutually beneficial working environments for both the business and its employees. When disputes arise, while retained by the employer, we approach disputes with an eye toward mediation and resolving complaints amicably so the parties, together, can move forward positively.

Proactive approach. Staying apprised of changes to federal and state employment laws, efficient and effective consultations, taking the guess work out of how to handle situations as they arise because they already have a trusted business partner who is familiar with them and their company culture.

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