This is a very interesting piece, No, Affirmative Action Has Not Made Asian-Americans the 'New Jews', by an academic expert, Jerome Karabel, arguing that Ivy League colleges are not unlawfully discriminating against Asian Americans as alleged in a currently pending...
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Women Working in Manufacturing Plants
Here's a story from The New York Times, "Meet the Woman in Charge of Building the Best-Selling Pickup Truck in America", by Tiffany Hsu that I thought you'd find interesting: Debbie Manzano will run a plant making Ford's F-150 trucks, but female workers still make up...
Are you an at-will employee? Why does the distinction matter?
In an at-will employment relationship, you can be fired at any time for almost any reason (with several exceptions we discuss in this post). On the other hand, you can also quit when you want without having to give notice in most situations. Both Michigan and Ohio are...
NachtLaw beats Amazon’s motion for summary judgment in a discrimination case
In a major hard-fought victory, NachtLaw beat Amazon's motion for summary judgment in a discrimination case for a senior Seattle and Detroit software development manager who was terminated. The Court will grant Amazon's motion in part and deny it in part. In...
Can my employer fire me for using medical marijuana?
Michigan became the 10th state to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults over the age of 21. Anything in public places remains illegal. Smoking in a driveway or front porch is off limits, but a backyard may be okay unless a neighbor takes offense and files a...
Workers are becoming less empowered
The author of this piece "The Roberts Court Protects the Powerful for a New Gilded Age" by Jedediah Purdy, a professor at Duke Law School, puts recent Supreme Court decisions in stark terms. Workers are becoming less empowered, and the Supreme Court is actually...
Protecting Vulnerable Employees
It is routine for companies to hire contractors to perform janitorial work. Those companies, or the companies they in turn subcontract to, are frequently the sort of "fly by night" firms that may disappear quickly without paying all wages owed. Workers often have no...
Fairness to women in the workplace
We have been representing moms for more than twenty years. The human lifecycle is multifaceted. We have periods when we are more focused on our health and loved ones and periods when we are more focused on our jobs. Under the law, to keep our jobs, we always need...
Job Applications and your Criminal Past
The Detroit Lions recently found themselves in the midst of a firestorm when it was discovered that their new football coach, Matt Patricia, had been arrested in 1996 for a felony sexual assault. All charges were dropped before trial, and the case was dismissed....
Why are the number of employee retaliation claims increasing?
The urge to retaliate is a common human reaction after a perceived offense. Employers may also be failing to provide adequate training and tools so that managers can identify and address these initial reactions. Federal law prohibits employment discrimination and...