Get a Plan
for Compliance
A COMPREHENSIVE WAGE AND HOUR ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS.
Most Employers In California are Shocked to learn they are not in compliance
The California employment environment is challenging. Even the most earnest, well-meaning organizations are not in compliance.
There are over 300 ways to violate the California Labor Code.
Many compliance issues in California are complex and not always intuitive.
The expectation in California is that employers’ compliance must be perfect.
The risk of a class action lawsuit is enormous and costly.
The recent changes to PAGA provide employers with an opportunity to reduce or limit penalties if they take “all reasonable steps” to comply with Labor Code provisions and cure violations.
We’re here to
help you take
the first step.
The Solution?
A Medina McKelvey
Compliance Plan
Make Your Workplace Better
Update your existing systems, clarify expectations, and implement best practices to improve your compliance and culture.
Get a Complete Assessment
Identify potential risk areas, including what your organization is doing well and what you can improve.
Learn Best Practices
Get all the information you need about California’s arduous regulatory environment.
Protect Your Organization
The best defense is proactive compliance. Achieve certification by taking all reasonable steps detailed in the Compliance Plan assessment to use as evidence in a current or future lawsuit.
Implement Tools You Need
Quickly implement essential compliance solutions and HR tools to curb ongoing liability.
Ongoing Compliance
Raise your game with a complete review followed by periodic updates and maintenance, ensuring ongoing compliance.
“Every business thinks they are in
compliance with California’s employment laws,
but they are often wrong.
There’s just too much required.
We provide a solution.”
CHANTELLE EGAN
Leader of the Advice & Counsel Practice Group
OUR FOUR-STEP PROCESS
Survey
Meet with our team to discuss your wage and hour practices, including your policies, training, monitoring, and enforcement.
1
Assessment
Our team will evaluate risk, identify current successes and opportunities, and provide a prioritized action plan designed to increase compliance and reduce liability.
2
Execution
We will work with you to implement the steps identified in your action plan, draft policies, agreements, and forms, and assist with employee rollouts at a pace that is comfortable for you.
3
Certification
Once your action plan has been completed, our team will review your documentation and certify your organization, validating that you are taking reasonable steps to ensure wage and hour compliance.
4
PREVENT OR LIMIT PAGA EXPOSURE While Building an Amazing culture WITH Incredible Compliance
Many employers approach compliance with employment laws like they are doing chores. It feels mundane and obligatory.
Our approach is different—we view compliance as a way to minimize liability, help prevent future lawsuits, and promote your values and uplift your employees. Because the law says that wage and hour compliance must be treated like a health and safety issue and requires employers to take “reasonable steps” to ensure compliance, our systematic process helps to educate and train your employees the same way you would handle a safety issue in your workplace, resulting in employees feeling empowered and supported by their employer.
Training Tool:
California
Compliance
Solutions
At Medina McKelvey, we aren’t satisfied with the outdated solutions to increasingly complex challenges. We founded California Compliance Solutions (“Cal Comply”), as a convenient, affordable online training and certification platform for managers and employees. Cal Comply not only helps prevent future employment lawsuits, but it also has been proven to reduce liability in existing lawsuits while engaging employees and creating a more conscientious culture of compliance.
Meet the Leaders
Of Our Advice & Counsel Practice Group
Chantelle
Egan
Partner, Leader of the Advice and Counsel Practice Group
“There are almost always steps businesses can take to protect themselves and their people from workplace missteps. By bringing best practices into play as early as possible, we help head off the threat of litigation for our clients.”
ALEX
MEDINA
Founding Partner
“The best defense against California’s often oppressive employment laws is a good offense. This includes proactive and engaging education, training, testing and enforcement. We don’t know any California law firm that seamlessly integrates HR, compliance, and Litigation Defense and Prevention better than we do at Medina McKelvey.”
Samantha
D’Amico
HR Operations Advisor, PHR-CA
“Compliance is more than practices, procedures, and regulations. It’s showing your employees that you care, while building a stronger, better business. A Compliance plan helps create a solid foundation for growth.”
Get a Compliance Plan
for your organization
Looking for the best way to improve compliance and mitigate the risk of employment lawsuits? We work with you to foster positive relationships between employers and employees so you can focus on running your business.
Fill out the form at the right to get a compliance plan for your organization.
Frequently Asked Questions
Below are some of the most common questions about Compliance Plans.
What is a Compliance Plan?
Our Compliance Plan is the solution to California’s hostile workplace environment. It’s a way to take care of your employees and stay out of court by reviewing your policies and procedures, identifying areas of non-compliance, and creating an action plan to improve compliance.
Who should consider a Compliance Plan?
If your organization has any employees working in California, it could greatly benefit from a Compliance Plan. We offer Compliance Plans to organizations of all sizes and industries.
How much does a Compliance Plan cost?
We will work with you to create a custom pricing solution for your business and its legal needs. Our right-sized pricing model, including various fixed fee options, aims to meet your budget while providing valuable and tangible tools to increase your compliance and protection.
What are the benefits of working with a law firm on a Compliance Plan?
All audits and conversations about improving compliance are protected under the attorney-client privilege. With a typical HR consulting or advisory firm, any reports or audits showing your lack of compliance can be discoverable in litigation and used against you in court. Having your HR practices supervised by an attorney can help protect your organization from unnecessary exposure.
How does a Compliance Plan work?
The Compliance Plan is a collaborative process that helps you integrate compliance into your existing workplace systems, practices, and environments. We perform an assessment, identify areas of weakness, create a plan to tackle them, and work together to bring your organization up to speed with California’s employment laws.