Employment Law

Discover what you need to know as a new business owner about Michigan’s wage and hour laws. Also, learn special rules for workers under 18 years old. When a person starts a new business in Michigan, one of the most…

This article looks at how Michigan courts are still somewhat favorable to non-compete agreement. Non-compete agreements have become a matter of intense debate in recent years. While many businesses argue that non-competes are necessary in order to protect sensitive trade…

A merger may be an effective way to increase a company’s success. However, it is important to ease customers’ and employees’ transition through the process. For many businesses in Michigan and elsewhere, merging with another entity may provide increased opportunities…

Federal and State Law impose a vast framework of laws and rules governing employer obligations and employee rights, creating a spider-web ripe for mistakes, abuse and litigation. On Monday 4/22/2019, Michigan’s new Attorney General Dana Nessel announced her intention…

Many 401(k) plans provide that an employee participant can receive a distribution of his or her elective deferrals from the plan on account of a financial hardship. A hardship distribution is only permitted if the employee experiences an immediate…

Using the words “you bleeping &#+%” (insert your favorite expletives) is never the best way to motivate your employees. And yet sometimes we still want to say it. How can we encourage our employees to do their best work…

On December 30, 2015, a federal court in New York dismissed Plaintiff William Henig’s claim against the law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and the legal staffing firm Providus, for overtime wages…

Employers routinely require employees to sign a non-compete agreement, in order to prevent them from taking customers, business opportunities, and confidential information to a competitor. “Continued at-will employment” was historically deemed adequate consideration for such agreements in Michigan. An…

Hertz Schram is pleased to announce that Gary Remer, one of Michigan’s top franchise attorneys, joined the firm to lead our Franchise and Employee Benefit Plan practices. Gary will continue to advise business owners, including franchisors and franchisees, on…

On July 15, 2015, the Administrator for the Department of Labor (“DOL”), issued the “Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2015-1” (hereafter “Interpretation”) regarding “The Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s ‘Suffer or Permit’ Standard in the…