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Michigan has followed some other states in providing specific protections for employees and students from discrimination based on their hair type and hairstyles. The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act, which is better known as the CROWN Act...
Downsizing is when a company lets employees go as a cost-cutting measure. Perhaps revenue has fallen and the owner knows they just can’t afford all of the employees they have on staff. It is legal for them to terminate some of these positions as they try to redo their...
Many of the best jobs in Michigan are highly competitive, yet, the fact that many individuals seek to fill these roles doesn’t mean that they’re compensated well. As a result, some of the most successful professionals in Southeastern Michigan do not have enough in...
Many employers in Michigan do not want to pay overtime wages. They may need extra work from their employees, but they are hesitant to pay time and a half because it can put such a strain on their operating budget. An employee who normally makes $20 an hour would make...
Unfortunately, the short answer is it depends. While federal wrongful termination protections exist for many workers, you must prove the employer met specific criteria. Since Michigan is an at-will employment state, it's difficult to prove wrongful termination....
It is common for businesses to request a resume outlining someone's work history and also individual references for both personal and professional matters. Reference and employment checks are a way to validate someone's claims about the experience they have and what...
When creating job postings, company owners will sit down and consider all of the qualities that they want that potential applicant to have. Then try to distill this into the posting so that only the right individuals will actually apply. This isn’t a perfect science,...
Career success should depend on someone's commitment, education and experience, not on factors over which they have no control, like their sex or race. Numerous federal laws and state regulations protect individual workers from discrimination based on immutable...
If you’re an employee who has been facing sexual harassment on the job, you certainly know how problematic it can be. You know that it’s a violation of your rights, and it’s frustrating that other people are not respecting those rights on the job. But what you often...
There are many ways for employers to discriminate against workers, and some of them are more subtle than others. Workers who have experienced genetic information discrimination may not even realize what happened to them. They simply went to a medical exam and then...