Employee and Labor Relations

The competitive organization of the future will maintain a positive employee relations environment. Assessing the employee relations climate, developing and implementing positive employee relations and union avoidance strategies are the focus of Executive Alliance's approach in this area. Executive Alliance offers comprehensive employee and labor relations consulting services, including:

• Assisting organizations in assessing their current employee relations climate and developing strategies to address real and potential problem areas.
  
• Developing and implementing a comprehensive positive employee relations strategy, including employee communications, recognition and reward programs, comprehensive management training, and union prevention.
  
• Design and execution of union avoidance strategies both prior to and during union organizational drives and/or management campaigns in National Labor Relations Board elections.
  
• Strategic preparation for collective bargaining negotiat
  ions, including reviewing the full history of existing collective bargaining agreements, recommending areas of potential improvement and tactical advantage, and economic modeling of alternative proposals and representation at the bargaining table.
  

Labor and Employment Law Compliance and Litigation Avoidance

The competitive organization of the future will pay special attention to avoiding costly and time-consuming litigation in the labor and employment law field. Compliance solutions and litigation avoidance are the focus of Executive Alliance's practice in this area. Executive Alliance offers comprehensive consulting services in these areas, including:

• Review of payroll and employment practices for compliance with both federal and state minimum wage and maximum hour laws, including qualifications for exemption, overtime payment alternatives and representation in Department of Labor (DOL) audits.
  
• Comprehensive management and supervisory training in all areas of labor and employment law compliance including wage & hour laws, discrimination, wrongful discharge and other employment-related torts, with particular emphasis on litigation avoidance.
  


• Drafting (or comprehensive review of existing) Human Resource Policies, procedures, employee handbooks, and all employment related forms, for compliance with both federal and state discrimination, wage and other labor and employment laws.

Gaucher Associates, 2 Mount Royal Ave., Marlboro, MA 01752. Tel: 508-481-7777; Fax: 508-480-0955.