Detroit's Deputy Fire Commissioner Fred Wheeler lost his temper when confronted by a television news reporter earlier this week. No one is disputing that. But did he deserve to be nudged out of his job over the incident?Detroit Mayor Dave Bing released a statement...
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Are Detroit firefighters violating employment contracts by drinking on the job?
A Detroit news station has made several salacious allegations in a recent report about whether Detroit firefighters drink on the job.In many fields of work, abstaining from alcohol while on the clock is expressly demanded in employment agreements or employment...
Detroit’s Metroparks facing claims of age and racial discrimination
A majority of Detroit residents would agree that diversity in the workplace brings many benefits. However, sometimes a push for diversity among employees can result in unfair workplace discrimination.Metro Detroit's Metroparks police department currently stands...
AT&T loses religious discrimination suit, ordered to pay $5M
An AT&T worker who converted to Islam in 2005 was shocked at the change in the way her coworkers treated her. They had never bothered her before, but now they called her hijab "that thing on her head" and referred to her as a "towelhead" and a "terrorist." What...
Contract dispute jeopardizes work at Caterpillar manufacturing plant
Caterpillar, the name see on the heavy equipment popping up around road construction projects all over Detroit this time of year, is facing an issue with its employees at a Midwest production facility. Workers at the Caterpillar plant in Joliet, Illinois, are locked...
Madison Heights teacher, Board of Education lock horns in employment dispute
Any dispute between workers and employers has the potential to become disruptive. But the ongoing employment dispute between Madison Heights teachers and the Board of Education has the potential to disturb the education of many Detroit-area children, making the stakes...
Avon CEO’s departure provides a good chance to discuss at-will employment
Lots of women around Detroit use Avon products. The cosmetics giant is one of the best-known names in the makeup industry and, as such, is actually quite a big player on Wall Street. Investor dissatisfaction may have played a role in the recently announced dismissal...
AFLAC pays $16K to settle former employee’s wrongful termination claim
Recovering from an illness is not always a once-and-you're done proposition. Sometimes, people who are ill have to take time off on several occasions over a longer time span. We hope that no Detroit reader is unfortunate enough to have an illness that requires this,...
Workers consider wrongful termination suits after dismissal en masse
Some employment law stories are just strange. Michigan readers hear the details of what happened and think, "How could the employer even think that was okay?" The recent case of 14 office workers who were dismissed en masse for complaining about their working...
Re: Our last post — employer Facebook-stalking gets worse
Thanks in part to our last post, Detroit readers know that employer sometimes hunt around online for information about a prospective employee. That's nothing new. However, there seems to be some evidence that a new trend has started: employers asking job applicants...