CUSTOMERS WALK OUT WITHOUT PAYING; CAN EMPLOYEE GET STUCK WITH THE BILL? QUESTION: I work at a restaurant. Last week, we had a large group (10 people) in for lunch, a busy time. They asked for one check. When I presented it
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Free to Marry, Not Free to Work …A Marriage Bed . . . But No Bank Account Balance By Daniel A. Gwinn and Laura Bradshaw Tucker GWINN TAURIAINEN PLLC Introduction Wedding bells for same sex couples rang from sea to
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NEED FMLA TO BOND WITH NEW BABY? ONE AT A TIME, PLEASE! QUESTION: My wife and I are expecting our first child in a few weeks. We both work for the same company. We put in for 12 weeks of leave, each,
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NEW OVERTIME RULES MAY BE DOA; NO RAISES FOR SALARIED WORKERS LIKELY QUESTION: I heard a lot of noise last year about some managers being reclassified as hourly workers, but then nothing happened. What’s going on? ANSWER: Revisions to Department of Labor
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QUESTION: A former co-worker is suing my employer for employment discrimination. Her lawyer asked the company to turn over personnel files for several employees, including me, and she’s listed several of us as witnesses. A friend told me that anyone can look
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LAID OFF FROM PART-TIME WORK? YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS FROM THE MICHIGAN UNEMPLOYMENT AGENCY QUESTION: Do you have to work full-time to get unemployment? I worked part-time, 25 hours per week, and was laid off after working for almost three
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EMPLOYEE WHO MADE SAME WORKPLACE ERROR AS OTHERS BUT PUNISHED MORE SEVERELY MAY HAVE A CLAIM OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION QUESTION: I made a major error at work, and I was fired. One of my co-workers made the same error, but he was
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LOOKING FOR ANOTHER WAY TO GET IN HOT WATER DUE TO FACEBOOK? WE FOUND IT. QUESTION: I’m involved in a law suit, and I’m worried that some stuff I posted on Facebook could make me look bad. Is it OK to close
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DO TITLE VII’S “BECAUSE OF SEX” PROTECTIONS FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN EMPLOYMENT EXTEND TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION? QUESTION: I’m a gay man who, until last week, worked for a defense contractor. Because this is a very macho environment, I did not volunteer my
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PART III: FROM BAD TO WORSE AND THEN SOME: THREATENED BY THE MICHIGAN UNEMPLOYMENT AGENCY AFTER YOU’VE LOST YOUR JOB GWINN TAURIAINEN PLLC by: Daniel A. Gwinn, Esq. & Laura Bradshaw Tucker, Esq. In the third of our series on the Michigan
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