VACATION TIME FOR EMPLOYEE WHO QUITS? YOU BET! QUESTION: One of our employees quit without notice, leaving us short-handed when we were under deadline pressure. We paid her for the time she had worked, up to the day she left, and that
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MANDATORY SICK PAY? NOT IN MICHIGAN! QUESTION: An employee who was out with the flu for three days says I have to pay her, because a new law requires employers to pay for sick time. I already give everyone five days paid
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WHAT SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITION? WORKER ON LEAVE LOOKS VERY HEALTHY IN FB POSTQUESTION: One of my employees has been out on FMLA leave for several weeks due to an injury to her hip that, she said, made it impossibly painful to work.
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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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QUESTION: Did you receive unemployment benefits in error or after you went back to work? Penalties – often severe – may apply for improper payment. Applying for unemployment insurance can be confusing: Applicants – and the Unemployment Insurance Agency itself – may
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