IN-HOUSE COUNSEL AT A FRACTION OF THE COST
For over fifty years we've been counseling employers in the Northwest and California. Our staff of employment attorneys and safety, HR and benefits professionals guide all types of businesses, large and small, through the maze of employment issues, from the everyday to the complex.
COUNSEL ON ALL TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
You can call us anytime for practical and professional advice, and not worry about the meter. It's all included in your predictable, low monthly fee. We've been told by our members that they feel like we're their in-house counsel, but without the overhead. The depth of our staff ensures that we're accessible to you.
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
The goal of Vigilant is to give you the counsel and guidance you need to achieve your business objectives while staying compliant with employment laws. Whether it's a question of a challenging termination, workplace harassment, or a wage and hour issue, we'll guide you toward the best course that addresses your immediate issues and prevents them from escalating into costly litigation.
We want what's best for your business, helping you reach your goals. When you're successful, we all are.
Within 30 days of joining Vigilant, we will schedule Risk Assessments in HR, Benefits, and Safety. We'll let you know where you may have problems and offer solutions. Given our years of experience in this area, there's a very good chance your own situation is familiar to us. If not, we'll dig in and take the time to research your needs and offer a solution.
NORTHWEST AND CALIFORNIA FOCUS
With Vigilant you'll have the help of local experts who know Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, and Montana laws and programs intimately. While every state has its own employment laws, those of the Northwest and California have historically been different than many in the rest of the country, and so pose a special challenge to employers.
SAFETY FIRST
One of the first things you receive when you join Vigilant is a Safety Risk Assessment to help you identify potential problems and take care of them early. You'll also have access to our safety specialists, safety tools, training templates and sample policies/procedures to support your safety programs and OSHA compliance. Vigilant also offers intensive on-site safety project work, such as program audits, at a significant discount. With our help you can maintain a program of ongoing safety improvements, which can result in reduced losses from claims, lower workers' comp premiums, and increased employee productivity.
WORKERS' COMP CLAIMS MANAGEMENT FOR WASHINGTON STATE
If you participate in Vigilant's Retro program or claims oversight for your workers' comp coverage, we'll take care of any claims you have and eliminate the headaches of doing business with a state bureaucracy. As a Vigilant member you'll have your own claims manager, someone with years of experience in workers' comp. Because they'll be dedicated to your company, they'll get to know it well and be your advocate with L&I.
MORE LEVERAGE FOR GROUP HEALTH BENEFITS
Joining the collective weight of the Vigilant community, you'll be able to buy a wide variety of benefit packages with a combination of terms, pricing and service that you may not find on your own. With the advantage of our numbers, we can help you optimize plan choices and keep your employees covered in an economical way. And we'll support your benefit compliance needs and take care of much of the plan administration, including COBRA.
VIGILANT TRAINING
Vigilant conducts regular training programs in all aspects of running a safe, productive, healthy and compliant workplace. We offer thousands of courses at special membership discounts, covering everything from equipment operation to software training to leadership skills. Training sessions can be attended in person at regularly scheduled venues in your area, via live webinar, online in individual training sessions, or arranged at your own site at a time that's convenient for you.
LABOR RELATIONS
With a half century of rigorous experience behind us, you'll find us to be an invaluable ally in labor negotiations. As a Vigilant employer, you'll be eligible for a special, reduced retainer for our help in contract negotiations, final step grievance representation, unfair labor practice response, and union organizing drives. All this for much less than you would pay with other professional representation.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANS (AAPs)
Whether you have "supply and service" or "construction" contracts, Vigilant can prepare an AAP for you that meets the federal requirements. Our team will help you identify any problem areas and find solutions that meet AAP requirements. All of this is offered at a discounted, preferential Vigilant fee. You simply send us your information and we will prepare the calculations, reports and standard language for your written plans and help you implement them. Should the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) audit your plan, we're here to help you through the entire process. Even if you are not yet part of the Vigilant community, we can help you with this all-important project.
A TEAM LIKE NO OTHER
Ultimately, the best reason to join Vigilant is that you'll be part of an alliance of employers and one of the most experienced teams of employment and labor attorneys, and experts in HR, benefits and safety in the Northwest and California.
TRY US OUT FREE FOR 30 DAYS
We'll set you up with a complimentary, no-commitment, 30-day trial membership. You'll be able to talk to our team of attorneys and HR, benefits and safety experts for all of your employee relations and workplace compliance questions. We're confident you'll see the advantage of having Vigilant counsel.
Fill out our Vigilant Membership form and select the box for a 30-day trial.