• P. Anthony (Tony) Burnham, Esq. brings to GrowthPort Partners and its valued clients over 40 years of solid preventive and traditional labor and employment law, litigation, senior corporate human resources management, training, organizational development, and transition management experience.
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  • Leslie Gray brings to GrowthPort Partners over 25 years of diverse experience in senior corporate human resources management and consulting, organizational development, employee benefits, risk management and entrepreneurial experience.

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GrowthPort Partners, Inc. (GPP) provides “Fortune-50” caliber senior human resources and employee benefits consulting as well as preventive employment law advisory services on both an in-house and outsourced basis to mid-sized employers in California. We do for these employers what traditional employment law firms don’t and what human resources professionals alone can’t.

 

“To provide Fortune-50 workplace expertise through Human Resources consulting, “Preventive” Employment Law advice and Employee Benefits Brokerage services to California employers that will result in both increased profitability and reduced compliance risks.”

 

Unique Value Proposition

GPP’s unique value proposition derives from two main sources: 1) the considerable experience and expertise of its partners in a broad range of key employment matters; and, 2) the combination of high-end human resources, employee benefits and “preventive” employment law expertise made available to clients through its professional consulting and advisory services.

Human Resources Consulting

GPP’s human resources consulting services include, but are not limited to the following:
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Assurance
  • Health and Safety Assurance
  • Quality Assurance
  • Management and Employee Training
    & Development
  • Employment-Related Claims Investigation/
    Resolution
  • Employment Practices Assessments and Audits
  • Hiring Processes and Procedures
  • Organizational Design and Development
  • Employee Engagement Processes and Procedures
  • HR Infrastructure Development and
    Implementation

Employee Benefits Consulting

GPP’s comprehensive employee benefits services include, but are not limited to the following:
  • Employee Benefits Brokerage and
    Administration Services
  • Monthly Employee Enrollment Orientation
  • Sponsorship of Annual Diagnostic Health Fairs
  • Employee Benefit Strategy Consulting as
    Recruiting and Retention Tools
  • Employee Benefit Compliance Audits
  • Quarterly Employee Lunch ‘N Learns

Preventative Employment Law Advisory Services

GPP’s preventive employment law advisory services protected, where appropriate, under the attorney-client privilege, include, but are not limited to the following:
  • Employment Litigation Management
  • Employment Policies-Review,
    Drafting, Implementation
  • Union Avoidance, Negotiation and
    Agreement Administration
  • Employment Crises Management and Support
  • Employment-Related Agreement Review/
    Negotiation/Drafting/Implementation Workforce
    Reduction-Planning/Implementation
    WARN Act Compliance
  • EEOC, DFEH, DOL, DLSE, OSHA
  • Preventive Legal Advice/Counsel/Opinions
  • Employment Practices-Legal Audits
    and Assessments
  • Independent Contractor vs. Employee
    Assessments/Advice
  • Employment-Related Claims Investigations,
    i.e., Sex Harassment/Discrimination Allegations
  • Government Agency Representation
  • Employee/Government Agency Claim
    Settlement Negotiation

GPP's Unique Contributions

The value that GPP’s combination of high caliber professional services represents to mid-sized employers doing business in California cannot be overstated. Considerable expertise is required to align the employer’s profit and productivity needs with existing, constantly changing and increasingly complex compliance requirements. Likewise, high-level expertise is required to align the employer’s need to attract and retain top talent in a highly competitive marketplace with employment policies that effectively both govern and motivate a workforce. Finally, the expertise required to assess employment-related risks in ways that either prevent litigation or, if not preventable, result in less costly and successful employer defenses, is both necessary and essential in today’s over-regulated and litigious workplace.

Clients/Industries Served

GPP’s impressive and incredibly loyal client list crosses a multitude of high-profile industries. Those industries include: property management; automotive, banking, medical centers, medical devices, heavy construction, mortgage lending, professional services, aerospace, restaurant, retail, trucking and manufacturing.

Market Realities Beneficial To GPP

The legal community has priced itself out of the mid-sized business market and it has no incentive to offer, let alone deliver, quality preventive legal services either in the employment area or otherwise. Similarly, management and HR consultants are too pricey, lack the extensive hands-on consulting skills and/or operating experience and proven management “tools”/infrastructure to meaningfully compete with the results-focused consulting services offered by GPP. Lastly, employee benefits have become a cost and consumer driven commodity, where to survive, brokers must offer and deliver value-adding services to their clients that build lasting relationships on a broader base than mere insurance products can provide. GPP’s proven employment-related consulting and advisory services provide that wider, deeper connection to the client.

Opportunity Knocks

The GPP model was developed precisely to take full advantage of all these market realities. The model has been successfully implemented producing both significant revenues and a loyal following, including several marquee clients. The opportunities both for its partners and its clients are clear and will only get larger in the permanently changed workplace and the competitive, global economy.