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
- MIOSHA to Increase Inspections of Manufacturers’ COVID Preparedness and Response Plans and Remote Work Policies, Foster Swift Labor & Employment Law News, November 23, 2020
- 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
- MDHHS Revives Face Mask Requirement, Gathering Limits, and Bar Restrictions through Emergency Order, Foster Swift Coronavirus Resource Page and Eblast, October 5, 2020
- Guide to Bringing Back Workers and Resuming Operations for Michigan Municipalities, July 29, 2020
- Whitmer Enacts Mandatory Mask Executive Order, Foster Swift Legal Update E-blast, July 10, 2020
Events
- What Happens If MIOSHA Shows Up?, Foster Swift, January 13, 2021
- The Current Status of COVID Orders in Michigan, Foster Swift, November 11, 2020
- 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
- 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
News
- Hammond Weighs in on Minimum Wage Hike, Grand Rapids Business Journal, January 8, 2021
- Resource Published to Help Organizations Link to Trending Legal Issues, Foster Swift Business & Tax Law News, November 17, 2020
- Foster Swift in dbusiness 2021 Top Lawyers, dbusiness, November 12, 2020
- What COVID Protections are Available in the Workplace for Employees and Employers, WLNS-6, November 11, 2020
- Foster Swift Attorneys Named to 2021 Best Lawyers in America©, August 20, 2020
- Minimizing Legal Impact of Coronavirus for your Organization, Foster Swift Legal Update E-blast, March 17, 2020
- Foster Swift Attorneys Listed in dbusiness 2020 Top Lawyers, November 12, 2019
