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
- A Guide to the Employee Retention Tax Credit: An Alternative to the PPP
- Latest Trend in Executive Compensation: To Include Diversity & Inclusion or Not?
- 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
- Communications – Important in planning and in the workplace
Publications & Alerts
- DOL Proposes New Rule Related to Employee Classification, Foster Swift Labor & Employment Law News E-blast, October 17, 2022
- Michigan Court of Claims Invalidates Paid Medical Leave Act, Foster Swift Labor & Employment Law News E-blast, July 25, 2022
- Rising Temperatures Could Trigger Farm OSHA Inspections, Foster Swift Agricultural Law News E-Blast, June 15, 2022
- Implications of the Forthcoming Corporate Transparency Act, Foster Swift Business & Tax Law News, May 10, 2022
- Supreme Court Blocks Mandate, Upholds for Health Care Workers, Foster Swift Labor & Employment Law News E-blast, January 13, 2022
- Stay on Vaccine Mandate Dissolved by Sixth Circuit, Foster Swift Labor & Employment Law News E-blast, December 21, 2021
Events
- Why You Should be Worried About the NLRB as a Nonunion Employer, ASE, November 10, 2022
- What Employers Need to Prepare for in 2023, Foster Swift Going Forward Webinars, October 12, 2022
- Employers: Are You Ready for the Changes Coming in 2022?, Foster Swift Going Forward Webinars, March 10, 2022
- What Does 2022 Hold for Employers?, Foster Swift 2nd Wednesday Morning Break, January 12, 2022
- Looking Forward: What Employers Need to Know for 2022, Foster Swift Going Forward Webinars, October 19, 2021
- What Can Employers Expect Returning to Work?, Foster Swift 2nd Wednesday Morning Break, June 9, 2021
- Businesses have big questions even as new MIOSHA guidelines are released, WDIV 4 Detroit News, May 24, 2021
News
- Foster Swift Listed in "Best Law Firms" 2023, Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms", November 3, 2022
- Foster Swift Attorneys Named 2023 Best Lawyers in America©, Best Lawyers in America, August 18, 2022
- 21 Attorneys Selected to 2022 Michigan Super Lawyers and “Rising Stars”, Michigan Super Lawyers, August 12, 2022
- What Is The Corporate Transparency Act?, Michigan Business Network, July 29, 2022
- Foster Swift Elects EC Members for 2022, February 21, 2022
- Three Former Summer Associates Join Foster Swift, December 7, 2021
- Blum and Fershtman in dbusiness 2022 Top Lawyers, dbusiness Magazine, November 12, 2021
Media
What Employers Need to Know for 2023 - 10/12/22
- PowerPoint Slides: What Employers Need to Know for 2023
- Videos by Topic:
- Part 1: Fair Labor Standards Act - Compliance Issues
- Part 2: Minimum Wage & Paid Sick Leave
- Part 3: Talent Recruitment and Retention Policies
- Part 4: The Corporate Transparency Act
- Part 5: Compliance and Regulation Issues: FMLA and ADA
- Part 6: Introduction to Michigan Workers' Compensation
- Part 7: Labor Developments