Employment Law

Employers face new challenges every day. Part of our commitment to you is making ourselves readily available when you need us on the broad range of issues that may call for prompt action.  Foster Swift employment attorneys work to protect owners and their businesses using preventive action and early identification of workplace problems.  By developing practical and creative solutions, we are able to help save clients money and prevent liability. 

Foster Swift employment law attorneys assist public and private organizations of all sizes with:

• Employment policies
• Interpreting state and federal laws that regulate employer-employee relationships
• Representing employers in discrimination, wrongful discharge and other employment disputes before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, in arbitrations, mediation and alternative dispute resolution processes
• Recruitment and hiring
• Grievance administration and arbitration
• Discipline and discharge
• Individual employment contracts
• Leaves of absence
• Unemployment compensation
• Workplace safety and health
• Trade secret and non-compete contracts

Representative Experience

• Assisted Clients with Large Scale Reductions in Force
• Complex Closure of Business Operations
• Successfully Defended Against Alleged Violations of MIOSHA
• Successful Litigation in Public Utility Lawsuit
• Client Defense in Alleged Sex and Age Discrimination Lawsuit
• Obtained No Cause Verdict in Gender Discrimination Case
• Success in Breach of Contract Claim
• Successful Defense in Race and National Origin Discrimination Case
• Assisted Client in Termination of High Ranking Executive
• Attained Favorable Verdicts and Settlements in Auto Dealership's Civil Lawsuits
• Successfully Went "Undercover" to Make Case More Effective
• Assisted Client in Decertification Election
• Successfully Negotiated Project Labor Agreement for MGM Grand Casino
• Client Defense in Alleged Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Stereotyping Lawsuit
• Federal District Court Bench Trial: Corporate Officers Found Liable for Withdrawal from Multi-Employer Benefit Fund
• Employment Contracts to Include Covenants Not to Compete
• Obtained Reinstatement for Wrongfully Removed Employees

Publications & Alerts

• Labor Corner: 2011 Labor Law Changes Impact Municipalities, Foster Swift Municipal Law News, January 2012
• I-9 Compliance & E-Verify – A Potentially Usefull Tool, But Not A Substitute For A Comprehensive Compliance Policy, Foster Swift Agricultural Law Update, January 2012
• Document Employee Discipline: Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late, Foster Swift Employment, Labor & Benefits Quarterly, Winter 2011
• Efforts for More Union-Friendly Organizing Rules Continue, Foster Swift Employment, Labor & Benefits Quarterly, Winter 2011
• Sharing Exemplifies the Holiday Spirit, Right? … Not this Time!, Foster Swift Employment, Labor & Benefits Quarterly, Winter 2011
• Can I Take FMLA Leave to Care for My Significant Other’s Sick Child?, Foster Swift Employment, Labor & Benefits Quarterly, Fall 2011

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Events

• Seasonal or Unseasonal: That is the Question, Michigan Golf Business, November 30, 2011
• WEBINAR | Social Media: Developing and Implementing an Effective Policy for Your Municipality, August 16, 2011