It’s been a month unlike any other. On March 16, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-10, temporarily expanding unemployment benefits. On March 18, President Donald Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), effective April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, providing paid sick...
In September of 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. By the end of 2008, the effects of the economic collapse had reached all corners of the economy. The Great Recession caught many companies off guard. For human resource professionals, this meant having to quickly make...
The NFL kicks off its 100th season this fall. While fans are excited for the new season, the NFL and its teams have been forced to deal with numerous legal issues in the past year. Some of the legal issues have been innocuous, like Russell...
This past November, Michigan voters decided to pass a proposal allowing for the recreational the use of marijuana for persons 21 years of age or older in private locations where the owner does not forbid it. The law is nuanced, but generally it allows individuals...
Does Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act protect gay and transgender people from employment discrimination? It is a question which has been hotly debated in 2018. This past May, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission interpreted the term “sex” within the act to include sexual orientation and gender...
