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
- Employers Beware: If you extend COBRA benefits, you may be denied stop-loss coverage
Publications & Alerts
- Michigan Legislature Repeals Prevailing Wage Law, June 2018 Employment Labor & Benefits Law News E-Blast, June 8, 2018
- Intentional Tort Exception to Michigan Workers' Compensation Act – Court of Appeals Reaffirms High Standard, May 2018 Employment Labor & Benefits Law News, May 31, 2018
- As Public Pension Plan Funding Continues to Decline, Employers Explore Other Options, May 2018 Employment Labor & Benefits News E-blast, May 30, 2018
- Are Interns Injured on the Job Entitled to Michigan Workers’ Compensation Benefits?, May 2018 Employment Labor & Benefits Law News, May 29, 2018
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules Employers can Prohibit Employees from Filing Class Action Lawsuits, May 2018 Employment Labor & Benefits Law News E-Blast, May 24, 2018
- State's High Court Affirms Teachers can Leave their Union at Any Time, Strengthens Right-to-Work, April 2018 Employment Labor & Benefits Law News E-Blast, April 3, 2018
News
- Michigan Court of Appeals Reiterates That Worker’s Compensation Claims Are the Exclusive Remedy for Injured Employees, Detroit Legal News, May 1, 2018
- Employment Attorney Re-elected as Chairman, dbusiness, March 27, 2018
- Five Foster Swift Attorneys Named to dbusiness 2018 Top Lawyers, November 9, 2017
- Attorneys Clifford Hammond and Jonathan Schwartz Join Foster Swift's Southfield Office, October 11, 2016
- Ray Littleton Appointed as Chair of the Rules and Calendar Committee for the Representative Assembly for the State Bar of Michigan, November 9, 2015
- Three Foster Swift Attorneys Named to dbusiness 2016 Top Lawyers, November 9, 2015
- 21 Foster Swift Attorneys named to 2015 Michigan Super Lawyers and Michigan Rising Stars, September 8, 2015
Events
- Free Seminar to Educate Employers on the Legal Challenges Facing 2018, Foster Swift, May 9, 2018
- Employment Attorney to Speak at Dairy Conference, February 8, 2018
- My Employee Did What Off Hours, American Society of Employers, August 17, 2017
- Social Networking and Human Resources Hot Topics, Michigan Municipal Treasurers Association, April 27, 2017
- Stop Before You Crash: Workers' Compensation and Employment Law, March 22, 2017
- Employers, Are You Ready for 2017?, Foster Swift Collins & Smith, P.C., October 20, 2016
- How to Discipline and Terminate Employees, June 9, 2015
