The onset of permanent disability, often frightening in its own right, can be devastating economically and can bring about the end of or substantially interrupt one's working life. Social Security disability insurance, which is managed by the Social Security...
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Employee And Union Rights
Employee And Union Rights
Fighting For
Employee And Union Rights
Employee And Union Rights
Month: September 2013
Weight Discrimination Case Involving Hooters’ Waitresses Allowed to Proceed
A Michigan judge is allowing two former Hooters waitresses to continue their weight discrimination cases against the restaurant chain. The women allege Hooters fired them for not being thin enough. Michigan's Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination...
Wayne County may owe workers millions after judge’s ruling A win for Miller Cohen lawyers Bruce Miller and Austin Garrett.
Wayne County may owe workers millions after judge's ruling A win for Miller Cohen lawyers Bruce Miller and Austin Garrett.
Wal-Mart Fires Employee Over Medical Marihuana Use
In 2008, the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) became law, which permits the medical use of the drug under state law and prohibits employers from terminating employees who are authorized to using marihuana by the statute. The law forbids employment discipline for...
Sex Discrimination Lawsuit against Wal-Mart Allowed to be a Class Action
The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, is squarely in the crosshairs of a sex discrimination class action lawsuit that may have far reaching implications on sex-based bias in the workplace. On April 26, 2010, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled that the...
Pregnancy discrimination common among low-wage workers, report finds
Many employers routinely discriminate against pregnant workers, a recent report reveals, despite state and federal laws specifically prohibiting these practices. According to the report by the National Women's Law Center and A Better Balance, a legal organization that...
Legality of Michigan’s Controversial Right-To-Work Law Questioned
Last month, Michigan's new right-to-work (RTW) laws became effective. Since December 6, 2012 - the date the legislation was introduced and passed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Republican legislative leaders - at least three lawsuits have been filed challenging...
Hollywood drama provides real life example of contract law
At times, the drama in Hollywood actually provides an example that the rest of the world can learn from. Charlie Sheen is providing one such example. Sheen, formerly famous for his time with CBS's popular comedy Two and Half Men, perhaps as much for his exit from the...
Attorney Richard Mack Interview on WJR
Attorney Richard Mack Interview on WJR
Miller Cohen Attorney Robert Fetter obtains a historic $5.5 million back pay award on behalf of four wrongfully terminated union members.
In a dispute which lasted nearly nine years, attorney Robert Fetter argued that four court officers, each a member of AFSCME Council 25 and its Local 917, were wrongfully terminated from 36th District Court real estate division between 2004 and 2007. "Normally,...