‘MISTAKE’ WHEN CERTIFYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS COULD COST WORKER THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS QUESTION: I began receiving unemployment benefits when I was laid off work at the end of March. In late April, my boss asked if I could do a little work
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QUESTION: I read an opinion piece by a FOX News commentator about the current “protests” online. I liked it on Twitter, and posted my approval of the piece with a link and some comments on Facebook. A co-worker read my post and
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Ask The Lawyer, GET ON A PLANE, AND YOU’RE OUT OF A JOB’
‘IMMUNOCOMPROMISED’ WORKER REFUSES TO RETURN TO WORK QUESTION: I run a small business. We’re planning to bring everyone back to work on June 15 – assuming any new executive order allows it (we were going to start back on June 1). Most
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ASK THE LAWYER By: Daniel A. Gwinn, Esq. Attorney and Counselor at L GWINN LEGAL PLLC 901 Wilshire Drive, Suite 550 Troy, MI 48084 (248) 247-3300 (248) 247-3310 facsimile daniel@gwinnlegal.com www.gwinnlegal.com WORKER WANTS TO KNOW: WILL PART-TIME WORK MAKE ME INELIGIBLE FOR
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GWINN LEGAL PLLC Attorneys and Counselors at Law 901 Wilshire Drive, Suite 550 Troy, MI 48084 (248) 247-3300 (248) 247-3310 facsimile www.gwinnlegal.com Daniel Cell: (313) 549-1075 April 2020 Dear Friends and Clients: COVID-19 has impacted us all: self-isolation, fears of infection, lost
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EMPLOYEE QUESTIONS WHETHER SHE IS BOUND BY ‘RUSHED’ SEVERANCE AGREEMENT QUESTION: The company I worked for decided to merge my department with another department as a cost-saving measure, and 15 of us were laid off. I was called into the manager’s office
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BOSS WANTS TO KNOW, DO WORKERS GET PAID LEAVE WHEN SENT HOME DUE TO VIRUS FEARS? QUESTION: I run a diner. Because of fears around the Corona Virus, our Sunday business was down by more than 60 percent. I can’t afford to
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WORDS THAT MATTER: USE OF EMPLOYEE’S PREFERRED PRONOUN MAY JUST BE GOOD BUSINESS…AND MAYBE EVEN MORE QUESTION: A newer employee recently informed us that the pronouns he prefers to use are “she/her/hers.” The employee is male, and, while he has long hair,
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QUESTION: We recently discovered that one of our employees has been complaining about the Company online. Specifically, he’s posted what workers in different positions in the Company earn, and griped that it is far too little – especially when compared to the
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