Lease-A-Lawyer for up to 3 Full Days
At Fourton & Associates,PLLC, we offer a valuable service to our Business and Entrepreneur Clients: “Lease a Lawyer for a Designated Time”® withinour “Lease/Rent a Lawyer”® program, you can obtain the services and advice of an experienced business lawyer for up to three (3) days at the flat rate of $999.00/day.Click here for details.
Outsource In-House Counsel Services with the Independent Out-House Counsel Package
As a business grows, it typically requires greater management of staff and employees and structured employee policies and contracts, and more frequent advice to address the various legal issues that arise. Fourton &Associates, PLLC offers a full service Independent Human Resources & Out-House Counsel Package.
This full service package allows clients to save money by outsourcing and consolidating the management of human resources and legal needs. With the Independent Human Resources & Out-House Counsel Package the business receives Human Resource related services including employee policy development, review, and revision; management and advice on employee-employer disputes; and specific documents such as sexual harassment, cell phone use, drug-testing, and social media-in-the-workplace policies–provided by Fourton & Associates, PLLC – your Out-House Counsel– will review these documents and policies from a legal perspective as well as provide a variety of legal services to the business such as contract review, modification and drafting; litigation defense; assistance with licensing, permitting and government filings; as well as on-call legal advice for specific legal issues that require immediate attention.The services rendered by Fourton & Associates, PLLC is invoiced, accordingly. The package discount is applied proportionately to each invoice.
Any employer that does business with the Federal Government should have a formal, written and up-to-date I-9 policy. The lack of such a policy can result in large fines even if the errors are technical and inadvertent. An employer liable for unlawful hiring can face fines of $375 – $3,200 for each unauthorized employee for a first offense. A third offense, or more, may result in fines of $16,000 per unauthorized employee. Fines for violations of record-keeping or verification regulations range from $110 to $1,100 per I-9. This is true even for missing I-9 forms or forms that have even inadvertently incorrect information. The lack of an I-9 Policy for the business to follow can also result in lawsuits for discrimination. And if there is a “pattern or practice” of violations of these regulations, criminal penalties may be imposed. Prevention and the implementation of a thorough I-9 Policy can help to avoid these enormous fines. Some of the key issues that such business must consider are: (1) is the business complying with proper retention rules, (2) are copies of the employee’s identity documents required, (3) when must an employer re-verify an I-9 and when can it not do so, (4) is the business’ I-9 Policy effective and compliant with federal regulations while avoiding prohibited discrimination, (5) what constitutes “Constructive Knowledge” and does the employer / business have it, (6) does the employer / business perform an annual internal audit, (7) should or must the employer / business participate in the E-Verify system, (8) if fines or other penalties are levied, will the employer / business have a good faith affirmative defense to them. Fourton & Associates, PLLC is ready to assist any business / employer to comply with this regulatory scheme, and draft and implement an I-9 Policy, thereof.
Employers must be committed to maintaining a workplace free from sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is a form of workplace discrimination. The State of New York has a zero-tolerance policy for any form of sexual harassment, and all employees are required to work in a manner that prevents sexual harassment in the workplace. This Policy is one component of any given employer’s commitment to a discrimination-free work environment.Fourton & Associates, PLLCis ready to assist any business / employer to comply with this regulatory scheme, and draft and implement an I-9, Sexual Harassment and a variety of Employer Policies, thereof.
