Traverse City Business News

June 27, 2020

Reopening Your Business Part II: Practical considerations for the post-shutdown workplace

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 –...

By Lindsay Raymond

May 29, 2020

Reopening Your Business: Implementing required COVID-19 mitigation measures

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...

By Lindsay Raymond

March 31, 2019

DOL Proposes to Increase Salary Threshold for OT Exemption … Again

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?...

By Lindsay Raymond

November 30, 2017

‘Delete’ Will Not Save You in Court: Employers have a duty to preserve email evidence

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...

By Lindsay Raymond

Reopening Your Business Part II: Practical considerations for the post-shutdown workplace

Reopening Your Business: Implementing required COVID-19 mitigation measures

DOL Proposes to Increase Salary Threshold for OT Exemption … Again

‘Delete’ Will Not Save You in Court: Employers have a duty to preserve email evidence

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