Anyone driving around town in recent months would have seen numerous “Now Hiring” posters in windows, “Sign-On Bonus” banners on buildings, or “Interviewing Today” yard signs near the road. Ads for open positions have been occupying coveted airtime on television and radio. With the number...
At the eleventh hour of 2020, then President Donald Trump signed supplemental COVID-19 relief legislation into law. This included a $900 billion economic stimulus package as well as additional relief for business owners. With a month of 2021 under our belts and a new administration in...
by Janis Adams and Linsday Raymond Now that your business is reopened, what happens if an employee contracts COVID-19? Are you required to grant an employee’s request for leave related to COVID-19? Are you still required to accommodate requests to telework? In Reopening Your Business –...
The northern Michigan regions are the first regions in Michigan to be granted broader permission to reopen businesses due to their low numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths, as compared with other Michigan regions. This welcome news for business owners and employees comes amidst several grim...
In March 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule that would increase the salary thresholds that “white collar” and “highly compensated” employees must be paid to qualify as exempt from overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Sound familiar?...
A salesperson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her former employer in violation of Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. She alleged that her supervisor was demanding sexual favors and that he terminated her after she refused. The employer denied the allegations and asserted that she...
