by Cameron D. Ritsema, Bodman PLC
Under Michigan’s Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (IWOWA), minimum wage increases in the state took effect on January 1, 2026.
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Did an employer’s failure to file a valid notice of appeal from the California Labor Commissioner’s orders bar the trial court from awarding the bonds they posted? Background From 2002 to 2016, Manuel Chavez worked as an...
A California trial court determined a school district had good and nondiscriminatory reasons to terminate a part-time substitute teacher and special education aide because she was medically incapable of doing the job...
As I sat down to write about the reemergence of holiday office parties, I took to the polls, as I often do. HR managers generally follow a conservative path, wanting some fun but listing heavily toward the side of...
Most every employment arbitration agreement will be declared to be procedurally unconscionable since it generally is provided on a take-it-or-leave-it basis as a condition of the job. If you add any substantive...
EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows provided an overview of her priorities to participants of The Institute for Workplace Equality’s virtual Fall Compliance Conference on November 3. The agency is focused on systemic...
On October 31, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two separate cases on whether race can be a decision in admissions to colleges. The two cases, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and, particularly, the aggressive actions by General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo have properly attracted the attention of unions, employers, and politicians, but all that...
After the Democrats’ surprising showing in the midterms, they opened the Lame Duck session of Congress on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, moving remaining legislation and beginning to confirm long-delayed Biden...
On November 4, 2022, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) held a hearing on the proposed regulations for the city’s new law regulating use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs)...
As we write this, many days after the midterm election, one thing is clear: This was a historic election in that the party in power performed far better than anyone predicted—indeed, better than any such party has...
Mitch McConnell, the most astute vote counter in Washington, saw what was happening. His early complaint about the “quality” of so many Republican candidates was thinly veiled code for saying his party was continuing to...
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Director Jenny Yang discussed what the agency is planning for fiscal year (FY) 2023 to participants in the Institute for Workplace Equality’s virtual fall conference...
Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit (which covers Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin) wrestled with the question of whether an employer can violate the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by...
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In a case from earlier this year, the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals consolidated five Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuits filed by the same law firm for retail stores’ alleged failures to offer braille...
Nov 30, 2022 · Employment Law Letter
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Many employers realize they cannot sack employees for their political beliefs. In a recent decision, however, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (whose decisions control in New York) held an employer may...
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