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The increases in overtime eligibility announced by the Department of Labor put more cash in the pockets of the middle class and expand the opportunity for employers to cheat. Wage theft is a major problem in this country. According to the Economic Policy Institute, it...
It seems like nowadays, those who are fortunate enough to have full-time jobs are putting in longer hours than ever. As a result, many in Michigan are likely to be concerned about wage and hour laws and whether or not they are receiving the correct amount of overtime...
Sex discrimination claims can often be very difficult to prove. Sometimes, these difficulties can cause trial courts to dismiss cases that deserve to be decided by a jury. In a case that arose out of an incident at VHS Detroit Receiving Hospital, the U.S. Circuit...
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...