Our in-house legal counsel help guide Associated Industries members through the employment-relations maze.

Our in-house counsel primarily serve their client, Associated Industries and its subsidiaries, focusing on corporate matters, benefits plans, employment law and industrial insurance. Our members gain as well from their experience in developing best practices designed to stop legal issues before they start. In areas such as employment law, workers' compensation, industrial safety and health, and labor relations and collective bargaining, our in-house counsel can provide members with resources, consultation and training. Provided as a benefit of membership at Associated Industries, this preventive and informational approach includes resources such as the sampling of documents offered below.  For a more extensive resource library, login to the Member portion of the site at the link on the right.

Legal updates and news:

Legal News You Can Use

Employer Resources:

• Hiring:

I-9

Washington State Pre-Employment Inquiry Guide

• Current posters and record keeping requirements:

Posters and Requirements

•  Employment Relationship:

• Recordkeeping:

L&I Administrative Policy on Recordkeeping

• Wage and Hour:

L&I Administrative Policy on Hours Worked

DOL Fact Sheet on Hours Worked

DOL Fact Sheet Links for Exemptions:

Exemption for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Computer and Outside Sales 

Administrative Duties Test

Administrative

Blue-Collar Workers

Computer-Related Occupations

Executives

Professional

Outside Sales

Salary Basis

• Disability and Leave Issues:

Family Medical Leave Act:

Certification of Health Care Providers for Employee' Serious Health Condition (WH-380-E)

Certification of Health Care Provider for Family Member's Serious Health Condition (WH-380-F)

Notice of Eligibility and Rights & Responsibilities (WH-381)

Designation Notice (WH-382)

Certification of Qualifying Exigency for Military Family Leave (WH-384)

Certification for Serious Injury of Illness of Covered Service Member - for Military Family Leave (WH-385)

Questions and Answers for Small Businesses:

The Final Rule Implementing the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (EEOC)

Employment-related training and education for management, supervisors, and employees is also available from A.I in-house counsel.  Check here for more details.

Our in-house counsel may not serve as members’ own legal counsel and may not assert attorney-client privilege over any information communicated to them. Therefore, at any time members need to discuss sensitive legal matters, develop documents related to a specific legal issue or respond to any sort of inquiry, complaint or suit, they will be referred to private legal counsel. Because only lawyers may provide legal counsel, members should contact our in-house counsel or other competent legal counsel to discuss their response options, including referral to private legal counsel, at any time questions involve the rights of the employer, its employees, applicants or former employees.

Contact our in-house counsel by phone, fax, or email:

Associated Industries
1206 North Lincoln, Suite 200
Spokane, WA 99201
509.326.6885 or 800.274.5309
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Ann Allen
Chief In-House Counsel
Phone: 509.326.6885 Ext. 219
Fax: 509.777.2672
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Nicole Tedrow
In-House Counsel
Phone: 509.326.6885 Ext. 220
Fax: 509.777.2673
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Angela Hayes
In-House Counsel
Phone: 509.326.6885 Ext. 231
Fax: 509.342.2181
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