Image by StockSnap from Pixabay HEADLINE: DUELING STATISTICS MUDDY DEBATE OVER PAID LEAVE FOR NEW MOTHERS QUESTION: I read online in one piece that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer claims 77 percent of workers in private businesses don’t have any paid medical leave; in another piece, from
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WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE: PROPOSAL TO RAISE WAGES FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES LIKELY TO FACE OPPOSITION QUESTION: I read an article online that said employers have to start paying their salaried workers more. I’m an employer so I’m concerned about this. It
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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay HEADLINE: TENANTS WANT OUT OF LEASE AFTER DISABLING SURGERY; LANDLORD SAYS ‘PAY UP’! QUESTION: My husband and I have been living in a downtown apartment for several years. Unfortunately, just over a month ago, my husband had back surgery
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Image by Peter Stanic from Pixabay HEADLINE: NO FAIR: WEALTHY WIFE USES UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR PRICEY DINNER QUESTION: Some friends and I were ordering dinner at an expensive restaurant — a little more expensive than I would have liked. When one friend saw me hesitating
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Ask The Lawyer By: Daniel A. Gwinn, Esq. – Unfair or Illegal?
HEADLINE: WITH MARIJUANA USE LEGAL, EMPLOYERS QUESTION TESTING WORKERS FOR POT QUESTION: After a highly qualified candidate was disqualified for testing positive for THC on a pre-employment drug test, the human relations department of our business suggested we scrap the test completely.
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Image by Mike from Pixabay HEADLINE: EMPLOYER COULD LAND IN HOT WATER FOR ‘NO’ TO WORKER’S RELIGION-BASED REQUEST FOR SATURDAYS OFF QUESTION: Recently, my employer announced that, beginning next month, all employees will be required to come in to work one Saturday each month. Although
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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay HEADLINE: KEEPING EMPLOYEE MANUALS ONLINE MAY NOT BE FINE QUESTION: I was hired last year by a Detroit area company. As part of the on-boarding paperwork, I signed a statement saying that as an employee of the company, I
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Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay HEADLINE: IF ANY TIME’S FINE TO START WORK, BOSS CAN’T DISCHARGE WORKER FOR GOING WITH THE FLOW QUESTION: I run a small business — just 20 people. Although we have an attendance policy, I’ve never really laid down the
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