Strategic Employment Law Representation
When you receive an offer of employment, it's natural to turn most of your attention to the here and now. You'll focus on how much money you're earning, the potential for bonuses and the number of vacation days you receive. While these are all important details, you...
Those who decide to become whistleblowers in Michigan are brave people who deserve all of the protections the law provides. After all, it is not easy to call out corruption as it may take a toll on the whistleblower and his or her family. To make an already difficult...
The nation's at-will employment laws means that you can lose your job for any reason or no reason at all. For example, perhaps your employer is bleeding profits and is looking to downsize. The at-will law means that you could be fired or laid off even if you have done...
Depending on your profession, you may tinker with a variety of ideas. In fact, you may even have the responsibility of creating new products for your company.With this in mind, it's not out of the question for your employment contract to include an ownership of...
Have you ever had a job in which you experienced a feeling that you were about to get fired? Perhaps you tried to ignore it and continue performing your duties. A few days or weeks later, sure enough, your boss calls you in and tells you that he or she no longer...
If you follow the news at all, you are probably aware of the workplace discrimination scandal involving the Founders Brewing Company's Detroit taproom. One of its former employees has accused the company of workplace discrimination based on race.In 2018, the former...
You're closer than ever to landing that executive position you've been chasing for so many years. The last thing you have to do is review your employment contract and sign on the dotted line.As excited as you may be about pushing forward, you should never sign an...
Anyone who decides to become a whistleblower has his or her reasons for speaking out. This may surprise you, but the possibility of gaining a financial reward does not offer much motivation for blowing the whistle. Most whistleblowers in Michigan never receive a huge...
Workplace discrimination continues to be a problem for the Detroit workforce. Despite the laws specifically written to protect workers, discrimination based on age, religion, disability and many other factors still happens.To show that it isn't all bad, we want to...
Some employers negotiate severance on a case-by-case basis, while others have a formal policy in place.While no two companies take the exact same approach to severance, a formal policy typically includes the following: Conditions: This defines the circumstances in...