Overview

Clifford Hammond is a member of Foster Swift's Employers Services practice group in the Southfield and Lansing offices where he focuses his practice on employment and labor law counsel and litigation. He has extensive experience with the National Labor Relations Act, Michigan Employment Relations Commission, Federal and State Courts, State and Federal administrative agency proceedings, collective bargaining, arbitration, mediation, union avoidance, employment litigation, and dispute resolution.

He is well versed in employment and labor law and regularly conducts seminars to groups, including: The American Hospital Association, American Society of Employers, Michigan Health and Hospital Association, Airport Minority Advisory Council, Michigan Public Employer Labor Relations Association, Lansing Chamber of Commerce, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, and the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber. Clifford has also written publications on unionization trends, the National Labor Relations Board, developments in employment law, The Affordable Care Act; employee classification determinations, developments in wage and hour law, and handling employee discipline and counseling.

He is also co-chair of the Labor & Employment Committee for the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, as well as a member of the Defense Research Institute, and Michigan Council of the Society for Human Resource Management.

Honors & Recognitions

Michigan Super Lawyers, "Rising Star" 2015

Michigan Lawyers Weekly, "Up & Coming Lawyer" 2010

Affiliations

Memberships & Affiliations

Legal Affiliations:

State Bar of Michigan, Member
Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Labor & Employment Committee, Co-chair
Defense Research Institute, Member
Michigan Council of the Society for Human Resource Management, Member
Oakland County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section
Oakland County Bar Foundation, Fellow
Michigan State Bar Foundation, Fellow

Community Involvement:

Michigan Masons, Member
Parent Teacher Association Member- Livonia, Michigan
Oakland County Prosecutor's Foundation for Kids, Board Member

Communications

Recent Blog Posts

Michigan Labor & Employment Law Blog

Publications

New DOL Guidance Excludes Workers from Federal Emergency Paid Sick Leave, Foster Swift Legal Update E-blast, March 29, 2020
Update to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Foster Swift Legal Update E-blast, March 20, 2020
Michigan Employers-FAQs on Coronavirus and Your Employees, Foster Swift Labor & Employment Law News E-blast, March 16, 2020
Michigan's Paid Medical Leave Act, Foster Swift Employment, Labor & Benefits Law News E-blast, March 1, 2019
The Difficult Intersection of Workers’ Compensation, FMLA and ADA when an Employee gets Sick or Injured, Foster Swift Employment Labor & Benefits News, October 1, 2018
Contributing Editor: The Developing Labor Law

News & Events

Speaking Engagements

Human Resource Record Keeping Practices and Legal Requirements, Michigan Chamber of Commerce (Lansing), May 14, 2020
2019 Comprehensive Guide to Employment Law, National Business Institute (NBI, November 13, 2019
Dealing With the Troubled/Troubling Employee, National Business Institute (Employment Law: 2019 Comprehensive Guide), November 13, 2019
Rats, Rules and Reevaluations: Current Affairs at the NLRB, NLRB, Bernard Gottfried Memorial Labor Law Symposium, October 17, 2019
Best Practices For Employers On Using Video Surveillance Of Employees, Michigan Business Network, August 22, 2019
Engaging Job Seekers, HRM Services, July 16, 2019