Strategic Employment Law Representation
Some work-linked discrimination claims are grounded in accusations of sexism. Others allege discriminatory treatment based on race. Many disaffected employees point to illegal behaviors spawned by a hostile work environment.One just-settled Michigan lawsuit spotlights...
You might be an employee who can just sense it. Supervisors and work team leads who used to be friendly and inclusionary are now aloof and chilly in their interactions. Work duties that have long been yours are now being peeled away and assumed by co-workers. You used...
Justin Howe says he has absolutely “no regrets.”Howe’s comment comes via his status as a recently fired Michigan nurse long employed at Hackley Hospital in Muskegon. Officials from Trinity Health and Mercy Health Partners (the corporate entities that...
Any managerial level job applicant in Michigan or nationally who is handed a contract that is flatly exemplary in every aspect likely flashes on the same thought.That is this: I will happily work for this employer forever. Such an outcome is of course optimal....
When you get pregnant, you know you need to take care of yourself to protect your child. You take vitamins, eat healthily and try to avoid situations that cause too much stress. But if your employer doesn't respect your need for accommodations, you may find yourself...
Michigan legislators passed the seminal Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act more than 40 years ago as a supplementary and clarifying measure to federal safeguards against discrimination.The Michigan law – which has been amended many times since its 1977 enactment...
Do the efforts of American employees who report corporate and governmental fraud sometimes truly pay off for them in meaningful ways?The Unites States Securities and Exchange Commission is hardly equivocal in its answer to that question. The SEC commenced a...
There it is. You are a deeply experienced business principal who has worked long and hard to get where you now are, and the fruits of your labor are staring you in the face.To wit: Executives from an enterprise that you have long considered working for have just...
Descriptions of work environments that select employees in companies spanning Michigan and the United States find unpleasant -- even intolerable – run a broad gamut.To wit: Maybe your immediate supervisor is a constant fault finder. Perhaps a manager’s...
We spotlighted matters relevant to whistleblowing strategy in a recent blog post. We noted in the firm’s March 31 entry that “there are important don’ts of whistleblowing for employees who want to preserve the strength of...