Many small employers know that they ought to have a workplace harassment policy. What they don’t know is why they need one. In a recently published article for the State Bar of Michigan “Labor and Employment Lawnotes,” Ryan Fantuzzi addresses the importance of having a workplace harassment policy in place. Ryan’s article, which begins on page seven of…
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The Department of Labor Has Issued Regulations Implementing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
On March 18, President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The Act requires employers with fewer than 500 employees to provide paid emergency sick leave and paid family and medical leave to its employees. Public agencies, including cities, townships, road commissions, community mental health authorities, and school districts, are covered employers under the…
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Paid Medical Leave Act: Does This Affect You?
The Paid Medical Leave Act takes effect March 29, 2019. If you have not reviewed the impact to you, now is the time to take action. In a historic lame duck session in December 2018, Michigan lawmakers voted on over 300 bills in approximately 13 days. Several of these legislative changes impact our clients and…
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Worker Classification: Independent Contractor Or Employee?
Employers wondering whether a person working for them is an employee or an independent contractor recently received helpful guidance from the Department of Labor. The Department of Labor issued a new opinion letter concerning the test it uses when determining worker classification. Minimum wage and overtime laws apply only to employees and not independent contractors.…
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Department Of Labor Releases Two FLSA Opinion Letters
On April 12, 2018 the Department of Labor released three new opinion letters on the Wage and Hour Division’s website. The three opinions were the first letters the Department has released in nearly a decade.1 Two of the letters concern the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Specifically, the two FLSA letters address: (1)…
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Effective Discovery: Techniques and Strategies That Work By Peter T. Hoffman Reviewed by Ryan J. L. Fantuzzi
Imagine that as a 1L, you aced Civil Procedure because you mastered the minimum contacts analysis from International Shoe. In your second and third years, you coasted through classes the likes of Harvard’s Feminisms and Pornography, c. 1975–1995 and Cornell’s Harry Potter and the Law. Now, a few years later, you find that the practice…
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Nothing to Fear: Disclosure of Police Officers’ Statements To Prosecutors Under The Disclosures By Law Enforcement Officers Act
Garrity v. New Jersey holds that when a police department orders its employee to answer questions, under the threat of termination, the Fifth Amendment prohibits the employee’s statement from being used against him or her in a subsequent criminal prosecution. 385 U.S. 493 (1967). Garrity statements can be oral or written, and often occur during…
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