If your employer offers you a severance package, you do not have to sign and accept immediately. It is often in your best interest to take your time and review the details. Many of these are subject to negotiation, and knowing what to look for may help you reach a...
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Year: 2021
Discrimination Against Overweight People
Discrimination against overweight people is common in American society. In my work, I have seen that for my clients, the effects of such discrimination in the American workplace are strikingly unequal between men and women.The New York Times article, Body-Shaming...
Can you be fined or jailed if you do not get vaccinated? What if HB 4471 passes?
Employers and the federal government are adopting mandatory vaccination policies. In New York City, clubs and restaurants are checking vaccine cards. Medicare will now require nursing homes to vaccinate staff. Many employers, hospitals, and universities throughout...
Can my employer fire me for not getting a COVID vaccination?
Getting fired for vaccine refusal ... is it legal? Can you still get unemployment? Simply put, Nacht says "In general, I firmly believe that mandatory vaccine policies are going to be found lawful by the vast majority of courts, I have no reason to believe that...
Suits to challenge mandatory vaccines will likely fail
Mandatory vaccine use for COVID-19 is starting at many universities and a few employers. Many more employers will soon mandate vaccines for employees and perhaps visitors to the workplace. Some people believe they have a legal basis to challenge such requirements. As...
Derek Chauvin case: Michigan reacts to guilty verdicts
Any decent person who saw the video of the police officer suffocating a man on the ground was horrified. Why was it a news story when the jury found the officer guilty? It was newsworthy precisely because the crime captured a national conversation about policing and...
Expunging a record – Highlights of “Clean Slate” legislation effective April 11, 2021
“Expungement” refers to the legal process of setting aside a criminal conviction. A growing recognition that many people deserve second chances has led to the expansion of this opportunity. When Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the new law, she proclaimed, “This is a...
Roadmap to help you with unemployment repayment issues
Did you file for unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now you’re being told that you have to pay back your benefits? It has to be maddening! First you had to battle the bureaucracy to get the financial help you so desperately needed; now after all that, you...
AMERICA’S Top 100 CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS®
Announcing the selection of Attorney David A. Nacht among America’s Top 100 Criminal Defense Attorneys® for 2021. Selection to America’s Top 100 Criminal Defense Attorneys® is by invitation only and is reserved to identify the nation’s most exceptional White-Collar...
What are we valuing with a homecoming queen contest?
This story, "Florida school principal, daughter arrested for allegedly hacking student accounts to cast homecoming votes", is a distraction from real life but it tells us a bit about ourselves. I am not sure that state law enforcement should be focused on...