If you work for an employer with more than 15 employees, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination related to your birthplace, culture, linguistic characteristics or accent. Smaller employers with between 4 and 14 employees cannot discriminate on...
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Year: 2017
Jobs Ads and Age Discrimination
This article, Facebook Job Ads Raise Concerns About Age Discrimination, raises an interesting question of uncertain legality. To be precise, court decisions are not clear as to whether targeting advertisements for jobs to younger workers violates age discrimination...
Get out of your comfort zone
This study provides a nice reminder that our mind jumps to images we see in the news, or, it might have stated, in the movies. Images, or as social scientists have said for too long, "stereotypes", get in the way of listening to people, hearing their stories or...
The U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2018
NachtLaw is pleased to announce that we are regionally ranked in the U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" 2018 edition. This practice areas and region are as follows: Metropolitan Tier 2 - Ann Arbor, MI Criminal Defense: General Practice AND Employment Law -...
Less familiar discrimination women face in the workplace
Most employment law issues concerning females tend to focus on overt, prevalent behaviors, such as sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination and too little pay. These are the stories that make the news most often. Yet they are not the only ways in which women face...
How to document sexual harassment in the workplace
Last month, the #hashtag “me too” went viral. Stories never before shared were finally out in the open. The spectrum of sexual harassment is broad and many incidents have happened in offices and on work floors across the nation. What are the types of sexual harassment...
Pros and cons of deferred compensation plans
To attract top talent more mid-size companies have started offering deferred compensation plan to CEOs, COOs and directors. Individual circumstances and future goals will influence whether to defer or not. Compensation and benefits are significant terms in an offer...
Should workers have paid sick leave? How about dogs?
People are familiar with the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which requires larger companies to hold an employee's job open while they care for their own health, or a family member. However, the FMLA only requires that unpaid leave be provided. The United States is...
David Nacht was quoted in the Detroit News regarding Title IX
David Nacht was quoted in the October 12, 2017 Detroit News article by Ingrid Jacques, "Students accused of sexual assault have rights". "Nacht believes the Appeals Court decision might be as important - if not more - than DeVos' announcement. He sees it as pushing...
NachtLaw Attorneys Recognized in 2017 Michigan Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
NachtLaw is pleased to announce that three attorneys are included in the 2017 Michigan Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. The 2017 Super Lawyers include: David Nacht - Employment & Labor Super Lawyers is an attorney rating service of outstanding lawyers from...