Legal & Regulatory Compliance

Today's employer faces a tangle of statutes, case law and regulation in the management of its workforce - over 60 new laws have been implemented in recent years. The Fair Labor Standards Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Healthcare Reform Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, COBRA, HIPAA, USERRA and myriad of state laws on wages, hours, discrimination and leave combine to vex even the best-intentioned employer.

Surge Resources, Inc. is one of the few Professional Employment Organizations to utilize full-time, in-house legal counsel. If necessary, we also call upon a major regional law firm on retainer. With these assets Surge will offer your business guidance, consultation and protection as you navigate the legal-regulatory minefield of human capital management.

Guidance: From the commencement of your relationship with Surge we will provide:

orientation training for management and establishment of
compliant personnel files
review, revision, creation of personnel policies and maintenance
of proven protocols for each member of your workforce
compliance of all applicable federal and state laws and regulations

From applications to required workplace notices to EEOC reporting to wage and hour, we will provide your business with seamless guidance in placing employees at your workplace in compliance with the employment laws that have haunted your business, allowing you to focus on your business's core competencies in your drive for success.

On-going training is available upon request to keep your managers and workforce on the safe side of all employment issues.

Consultation: We remain in close consultation with you throughout our relationship to provide on-call human resources and legal consultation.

Considerations of:

leave requests
long-term illness
discipline
pay changes
employee grievances
lay offs
terminations

We are committed to providing your business that all-important "ounce of prevention" in workforce management.

Through our Did You Know Section of our homepage, email alerts and direct contacts we will keep you abreast of developments in the laws and regulations affecting our workforce. We will offer you general and specific recommendations to help keep your business free from administrative or legal pitfalls.

Protection: Surge offers your business an additional layer of legal and regulatory insulation and protection in matters concerning your workforce.

Surge will manage and defend (when appropriate) all wage and hour complaints and all unemployment compensation and workers compensation claims and other complaints that might be filed by employees with any governmental agencies.

Upon request we will mediate any grievances raised by employees. We will investigate and seek to resolve all complaints involving an allegation of harassment, discrimination or other violation of the law or company policies.

Protection: Surge offers a panoply of insurance protection for the workplace environment, including:

Workers Compensation Insurance, for which we manage all aspects

Filings
Coordination of medical care and billing
Restricted duty and return to work issues
Re-training and vocational rehabilitation
Independent medical exams and surveillance
Defense and fraud investigations

Errors and Omissions Insurance

$1,000,000 in coverage
Defense costs
Subject to deductible and terms and conditions
Liability protection for errors and omissions of Surge Management team

Employment Practices Liability Insurance

$1,000,000 in coverage
Defense costs
Liability protection for wrongful employment practices (such as: harassment, discrimination, retaliation, termination)
Subject to deductible and terms and conditions

Employee Theft Insurance

State Fiduciary Bonds