GET NEW MASK OR GET NEW JOB: WORKER’S ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ MASK CAUSES TROUBLE QUESTION: Wearing a mask is mandatory where I work, in a large retail establishment. While most people just wear plain medical-looking masks, others personalize their masks, with patterns or
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‘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 [email protected] 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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