The holiday season is in full swing, and you have likely already planned the office holiday party. Although there are is no way to completely eliminate the risks associated with hosting a holiday party, the suggestions below will help minimize the risks, avoid...
Law firms are often retained by employers facing the fast-paced, distracting, emotionally charged experience of unionization efforts. Part of the union organizing process is legal in nature, and part feels more like politics, particularly where an employer wants to...
Holy Toledo! (Or should I say, Lansing?) Here is our next celebrity employment lawsuit soap opera . . .You may have heard about the two Tea Party legislators in Michigan who were having an affair, engaged in a bizarre cover-up that failed, had to resign/were...
Last month, President Obama announced a new mandate to the federal government’s human resources department to “delay inquiries into criminal history until later in the hiring process.” Specifically:The President has called on Congress to follow...
Most employers with handbooks or comprehensive policies have at least some kind of reminder to employees that looks like this:It is the employee’s responsibility to keep their employment records up to date, including home address, telephone number, dependents and...
