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

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

Publications

• Governor Whitmer Signs Extension of Unemployment Benefits into Law and Other COVID-19-Related Legislation, Foster Swift Labor & Employment Law News E-blast, October 23, 2020
• How Do Recent Michigan Supreme Court and MDHHS Orders Regarding COVID-19 Impact Employers?, Foster Swift Legal Update E-blast, October 6, 2020
• 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

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News & Events

Speaking Engagements

• Employer Guidance for a Lawful and Safe Re-Opening, Foster Swift, May 27, 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

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News

• When Employees Need to Home School, Material Handling & Logistics (MH&L), September 10, 2020
• Hammond Speaks at NLRB Labor Law Symposium, October 1, 2019
• Hammond to Deliver Webinars on Important Employment Issues, Ingham County Legal News, January 22, 2019
• Foster Swift Elects New Shareholders, Lansing Regional Chamber, January 21, 2019
• Cliff Hammond named PFFK Board of Directors, April 10, 2017