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

• Has Your Business Adapted Its Internet and Social Media Policies to New Changes?, Foster Swift Business & Corporate Law Report, May 2013
• Human Resources Essentials Guide: From Hiring to Termination, 5th Edition, Published by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Contributing Author, May 1, 2013
• Road Commission Law Quarterly Review, April 2013
• Michigan Supreme Court Clears Way for Employee Whistleblower Claims, Foster Swift Employment, Labor & Benefits E-News, February 20, 2013
• United States Supreme Court Poised To Rule on Significant Employment Case Affecting Civil Rights Law in Michigan, Foster Swift Employment, Labor & Benefits E-News, February 20, 2013
• Hiring and Firing Employees in an At-Will Employment World, Foster Swift Automotive Management News, February 2013

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News

• Foster Swift attorneys author human resources publication, May 1, 2013

Events

• WEBINAR | Public Sector Employment Law - The Basics, Foster Swift Webinar Series for New Municipal Officials, April 18, 2013
• Social Networking and Human Resources Hot Topics, Michigan Municipal Treasurers Association Advanced Institute, May 2, 2012
• 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