Employment Law

Legal Alert: Approaching Deadline to Comply With FTC Rule Banning Non-Competes

LEGAL UPDATE: On August 20, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas set aside the FTC’s non-compete rule and blocked enforcement of the rule nationwide for all businesses.   On September 4, 2024, the FTC’s rule banning non-competes will take effect. This is a broad ban that prohibits entering into, attempting […]

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Bradley Glazier | Grand Rapids Attorney

What five documents should I collect for my Michigan employment lawyer?

To increase the chances of having an attorney take your wrongful discharge case, there are important documents that you should collect before you contact the attorney. All of these documents are important in deciding whether you have a case that can be won in court. And even though very few cases actually end up in

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Greg McCoy | Holland Attorney

Non-Competition agreements might have a dim future

Employers commonly require employees to sign “non-competition” agreements. There are various forms of these agreements, but typically they prevent an employee from working in the same industry for a period of time (such as a year), within a certain geographic area, after their employment ends. The agreements, to be enforceable, must be narrowly written to

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Bradley Glazier | Grand Rapids Attorney

Damages in Wrongful Discharge Cases in Michigan

This post is from the materials produced by myself and Michelle P. Crockett, an attorney with the law firm of Miller Canfield, at the Insititute of Continuing Education’s 35th Annual Labor & Employment Law Institute presented on Friday, April 30,2010. Michelle practices employment law from the management side. I. Introduction Although the damages available in

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How do you know if you’re really “Management”? Do I get Overtime?

What Is the Management or Executive Exemption Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)? Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), most US employees must be paid at least a minimum wage and overtime pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek. But there are exemptions that remove employees from the FLSA’s protection.

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