EMPLOYER’S DIVERSITY POLICY AT ODDS WITH EMPLOYEES’ VIEWS QUESTION: My company recently implemented a “diversity policy” which requires employees to “recognize the value of diversity and to respect the beliefs and practices” of co-workers. People who violate the policy can be terminated.
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SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF WORK RULES COULD LEAD TO A LAWSUIT QUESTION: We recently hired a new employee, and she’s not working out – she rubs people the wrong way. I’m ready to let her go. Her manager noticed she’s on-line a lot
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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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MICHIGAN BUSINESS? PAY MICHIGAN’S MINIMUM WAGE. QUESTION: I recently started a small landscaping/snow removal business. Last summer I employed two people; this year I’m hiring four. I heard the minimum wage in Michigan just went up. My business is really small –
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FROM BAD TO WORSE AND THEN SOME: by: Daniel A. Gwinn, Esq. & Laura Bradshaw Tucker, Esq. For the next several weeks, GWINN TAURIAINEN PLLC takes on the Michigan Unemployment Agency (UIA), to inform its friends and clients about the risks associated with
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Press Release Release Date: October 12, 2015 DANIEL A. GWINN, PRESENTER AT 12TH ANNUAL FOCUS RESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM Daniel A. Gwinn, Senior Partner of GWINN TAURIAINEN PLLC, is proud to have been selected as a featured presenter for the 12th Annual Focus –
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