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
Recent Blog Posts
- Fiduciary Rule: More Changes Being Considered
- Employers Should Audit and Update Employment-Related Policies and Agreements in Light of New “Defend Trade Secrets Act”
- Unpaid Internships Give Rise to Government Enforcement and Class Actions Against Employers
- Uber Pays $100 Million to Settle “Employee or Independent Contractor?” Class Action Case
- Employee or Independent Contractor? Uber Wages Battles to Answer Critical Question for On-Demand Economy Companies and Their Workers
- Remedying Past Employee/Independent Contract Misclassification Through IRS’s Voluntary Settlement Program
- BYOD: Balancing Data Security with Employee Privacy
- The Return of the Unpaid Internship
- Fashion Designer Khanh Nguyen Shares Her Passion and Wisdom with Michigan Fashion Startups
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Rules Concerning Association Health Plans
Publications & Alerts
- DOL Issues New Rule Regarding Minimum Salary Level for White Collar and HCE Overtime Exemptions, Foster Swift Employment Labor & Benefits Law News E-Blast, September 25, 2019
- Employee or Independent Contractor?, Foster Swift Employment Labor & Benefits Law News, August 26, 2019
- Best Practices Agricultural Businesses Should Follow When Creating or Revising an Employee Handbook, Foster Swift Agricultural Law News, July 26, 2019
- Deadline Announced: Employers Must Submit EEO-1 Pay Data by September 30, 2019, Foster Swift Employment, Labor & Benefits Law News E-Blast, April 30, 2019
- How Marijuana Laws Affect Workplace Policies for Municipalities in Michigan, Foster Swift Municipal Law News, March 22, 2019
- Michigan's Paid Medical Leave Act, Foster Swift Employment, Labor & Benefits Law News E-blast, March 1, 2019
Events
- 2019 Comprehensive Guide to Employment Law, National Business Institute (NBI, November 13, 2019
- Your Employee is Hurt, but is it FMLA, ADA or Workers Comp?, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, March 7, 2019
- No, that Employee is NOT an Independent Contractor, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, January 31, 2019
- "A Swinging Pendulum or Course Corrections: Recent Cases and Upcoming Changes", 26th Annual Bernard Gottfried Memorial Labor Law Symposium, October 11, 2018
- Why Worry About Unions Under the Trump Administration?, American Society of Employers (ASE), August 9, 2018
- Hiring, Investigating and Discipline/Discharge in the Law, Foster Swift: Developing Labor Law Update, May 9, 2018
- Employment and labor laws that can affect the dairy industry, Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference (GLRDC), February 8, 2018
News
- Foster Swift Attorneys Listed in dbusiness 2020 Top Lawyers, November 12, 2019
- Hammond Speaks at NLRB Labor Law Symposium, October 1, 2019
- 23 Attorneys Selected to 2019 Michigan Super Lawyers and “Rising Stars”, Automation Alley, September 3, 2019
- Dausman Selected to “Women in the Law” Class of 2019, July 18, 2019
- Municipal Attorney Joins Dapper Dads, April 24, 2019
- Webinar: What Employers Need to Know about Marijuana in the Workplace, Ingham County Legal News, January 29, 2019
- Hammond to Deliver Webinars on Important Employment Issues, Ingham County Legal News, January 22, 2019
