Employment Counseling & Transactional Due Diligence
GRSM’s employment law attorneys have a constant presence in courtrooms and settlement forums in all 50 states, offering unique insights into litigation avoidance and valuable perspectives on potential liabilities during mergers, acquisitions and other transactions. Our counseling and due diligence services mitigate current risks, anticipate potential threats, and create practical solutions to keep workplaces compliant and opportunities viable.
Our 50 state knowledge of employment laws and best practices in numerous sectors generates tremendous value for clients.
We assist with reviews of policies and practices to assure compliance with changing laws, and draft and revise employee handbooks to keep management policies up to date. Our compliance counsel covers such areas as:
- Hiring
- Discipline and termination
- Disability accommodation
- Promotion and compensation
- Harassment
- Substance abuse
- Wage and hour
- Affirmative action
- Independent contractor arrangements
- Payroll audits and analyses
In adverse employment actions, such as employee discipline or termination, our clients often seek our evaluation of “soft spots” for potential litigation prior to implementation.
During reviews of policies or analysis of practices, related issues often appear in the areas of tax, corporate governance, intellectual property, real estate or other concerns. Our full-service, one-stop shop capabilities mean employers can address most legal concerns with a single point of contact and consistent, coordinated strategies.
Training plays a powerful part in litigation prevention. GRSM provides robust offerings, including webinars, custom presentations, conferences and training sessions, to clients and their teams to support effective hiring and discipline. Among the issues we regularly discuss are:
- Annual changes to employment laws
- Cannabis in the workplace
- Promotion of DEI
- Workplace investigations
- PAGA reform
- Non-compete agreements
Employers appreciate how we tailor our education sessions to their own operations. This approach allows us to help them maintain a workplace free of harassment and discrimination and supportive of cultural and diversity sensitivity.
GRSM’s employment attorneys provide tremendous value in their work on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, outsourcing and similar projects.
We conduct thorough reviews and analyses of contracts and plans, identify potential issues, and develop strategies to minimize liabilities or vulnerabilities. Our services include:
- Risk analysis for pending and threatened litigation
- Wage and hour audit/compliance
- Dispute resolution provisions
- Non-compete, confidentiality and trade secret clauses
- Change in control and successor provisions
- Executive compensation and incentive packages
- Independent contractor and consultant agreements
- WARN obligations
- New hire programs for rank and file
- Benefit planning and transitions in both union and non-union environments
- Labor-management relations
GRSM’s due diligence teams assist in drafting and negotiating various agreements and documents, including collective bargaining agreements, purchase agreements, employee benefit plans and executive contracts. We also offer post-closing guidance to place employers ahead of potential challenges.
Our full-service capabilities cover deal concerns related to corporate, privacy, tax, employee benefits, finance, securities and private equity, among other areas. This in-house knowledge supports aggressive deal timelines and leads to practical solutions in complex transactions.