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A recently-filed lawsuit in Detroit by a former employee of Volkswagen is calling attention to Michigan's whistleblower's protection act. Enacted in 1980, the statute is an important part of the state's employment law. It is intended to protect workers who report...
Workers protest Dearborn auto supplier over union vote. Read more here.
When people go to work, they expect that they will be treated with a certain amount of respect. While employers have great leeway in how they can treat employees, there are basic rights that all employees enjoy. One of these rights is the freedom from sexual...
The new NLRB administrative rules regarding how elections are conducted appear to have dramatically decreased the time it takes to conduct an election and appear to have substantially increased the likelihood of a result favoring organized labor. A recent analysis...
There are times when employees in Michigan may need to take time off from work when they have loved ones who fall ill or they themselves suffer a medical issue. When this occurs, employees in Michigan need to understand their rights to medical leave. In these types of...
The United States Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board ("ARB") confirmed an award of an Administrative Law Judge's decision finding that trucking company, TransAm Trucking Inc., violated the Surface Transportation Administration Act when it fired a...
Misclassification of workers has been a hot topic in the news recently, owing largely to an ongoing, high-profile conflict involving the ride-sharing service Uber. Drivers for the service claim they should be treated as employees and thus entitled to certain...
Federal and state law gives employees and applicants significant rights when it comes to criminal background checks. Having a criminal record can make finding a job difficult. That is why the law gives applicants and employees numerous rights when it comes to adverse...
A recent report in Fortune notes that gender discrimination continues to pose a problem, particularly for women in high end tech jobs. A new study published by Fortune found that gender discrimination continues to be a problem in the workplace. More specifically, the...
New Michigan law protects women while breastfeeding in public. The measure broadens protections for pregnant women, however, pregnancy discrimination at the workplace still continues. The Breastfeeding Anti-Discrimination Act went into effect recently after Governor...