Michigan Supreme Court Restores Minimum Wage and Sick Leave Laws Back in late-July of 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court (MSC) issued an opinion that will be taking effect very soon. In the case of Mothering Justice v. Attorney General, the MSC overruled previous actions of the Michigan Legislature, reinstating...
Let the Competition Begin! The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a rule in April banning most employment-based noncompetition agreements. Very shortly thereafter, the FTC was sued throughout the country in an attempt to block this rule from being enforced. In July, two federal courts issued opinions...
Everything Old is New Again Independent workers make up about 45% of the U.S. workforce (equal to about 72 million Americans) and half of them are working independently full-time. This figure will likely fall however, given a new rule change by the Department of Labor (“DOL”)...
Governor Whitmer Gets Involved Just two weeks ago, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2024-2, which addressed issues related to several different executive agencies. The order stated that "it is also important that. . . the Workers’ Disability Compensation Appeals Commission have the tools to exercise their functions...
The H&L Quarterly Returns! Hi everyone! After some time away, all of us here at H&L are excited to bring back our Quarterly, with everything you need to know about workers' compensation in Michigan. Change is constant, so we are currently adjusting to newly appointed magistrates as well as potential changes...
EEOC Issues Important Vaccine Guidance On 16 December 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued updated guidance that contained new information about Covid-19 testing and other new employment concerns that have arisen as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Remember that the EEOC is...
Michigan Supreme Court Order of October 2, 2020 and its Possible Effects on COVID-19 Workers' Compensation Claims By Michael Smith On October 2, 2020, the Michigan Supreme Court issued an order impacting the Executive Orders that Governor Whitmer has issued since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
U.S. Supreme Court Weighs in on Workplace Discrimination In a landmark decision, the United State Supreme Court has ruled that Title VII protections against discrimination include homosexuality and transgender. The opinion, authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, as indicated in the syllabus of the opinion, in the...
What's Open? In order to answer some common questions about what businesses can stay open during the current quarantine, the State of Michigan has created a web page to help everyone understand what employers and industries are considered critical, and will thus be allowed to continue...
How Immigration Debates are Affecting Workers' Comp in the US There are a lot of moving parts in the United States’ immigration debate. One of these is the question of who gets workers’ compensation when they are injured on the job? What if the worker is...