Preventive Law
Prefer PLANNING to LITIGATION
In addition to defending against lawsuits brought against employers, the SCURRAH LAW GROUP provides business professionals with information, skills and the means to accomplish goals while avoiding unnecessary legal conflict with employees. Our programs emphasize institution and maintenance of effective policies, internal legal audits and training. This unique combination of programs include:
- Employer Hotline
- Management training:
- Managing workers' compensation cost through preventive personnel policies
- Understanding the employment relationship and its legal implications
- Proper hiring practices
- Employee discipline
- Sexual harassment and other discrimination issues
- Proper documentation of the employment relationship
- Employee handbooks and personnel manuals
- Compliance audits
- Internal investigations concerning suspected employee or management wrongdoing, government inquiries, administrative procedures, court action, pending or threatened litigation
- Job descriptions based on Department of Labor data and ADA criteria which clearly identifies essential job functions
- Identity theft - Privacy issues including protection of non-public consumer information
- Installation of "Safeguard" procedures with follow-up risk assessment
