Counseling Businesses

Flahive Mueller prides itself on the ability to assist clients with the complex legal, regulatory and human resource challenges that confront businesses every day. We have experience counseling clients through all aspects of the employment life cycle:

• We assist management and human resources professionals with job announcements, the recruitment, interviewing and hiring process, offer letters, employment contracts, commission and bonus plans.
• We help employers create and implement lawful and sensible personnel policies, including employee handbooks, codes of ethics, and policies on cutting edge issues like social media in the workplace.
• We ensure that management's decision-making on discipline and termination is legally sound and helps avoids meritless claims.
• We can act as your "General Counsel" to advise on rewards versus risks on issues such as vendor agreements, independent contractors, as well as press releases or other messaging to celebrate your business' success.

Representative matters include the following:

• Advised manufacturing business in how to legally respond to a serious workplace injury as it relates to both worker's compensation and medical leave benefits, as well as guided contact with Federal and State agencies.
• Counseled small business on hiring prospective employee subject to a non-compete agreement in order to avoid litigation.
• Recommended a course of action to a small business to effectively handle adverse comments directed against the company on social media by a former employee.
• Instructed company on successful strategy to terminate a vendor contract early in order to reduce the risks of litigation.