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A manager at the Detroit Zoo filed a federal lawsuit Friday alleging he was fired for refusing to open concession stands after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer banned large gatherings of people amid the coronavirus outbreak. "Defendant in bad-faith, wrongfully, maliciously, and...
If you become unemployed due to COVID-19, you may be eligible for Unemployment Insurance Benefits. The fastest way to apply for and receive benefits is to apply online at http://www.michigan.gov/uia. Michigan has removed the in-person work registration requirement to...
COVID-19 AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT The ADA prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against employees because they are disabled. The ADA prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against employees because...
The Federal Family and Medical Leave Act requires that employers with 50 or more employees provide 12 weeks of unpaid leave to eligible employees. You will be eligible for FMLA leave if you worked for your employer for at least a year, and have worked 1,250 hours in...
Attorneys Nick Roumel and Amanda Ghannam have resolved a claim by a 9 year old girl, against a charter school academy, who reported that she was sexually harassed and assaulted at school by an older classmate. Despite complaints from the girl’s mother, the school...
One of the things we do at NachtLaw is counsel students and employees grappling with mental health disability. Increasingly, as the linked article below shows, workers are not afraid to seek accommodations. Historically, the fear of stigma prevented many employees...
I read this piece in The Washington Post, ‘You’re going to get shot’: Video shows school police officer threatening student leaving campus with excused absence', today about police threatening to shoot the very children they are supposed to protect at school and I got...
The Government cannot legally look for sleeper cells of potential terrorists by detaining US citizens of Iranian origin randomly without evidence giving them suspicion.
I have previously blogged about the recent interest of the federal regulatory and law enforcement community in scholars who collaborate with Chinese institutions. January 2020 has increased the public profile of these investigations with the felony indictment against...
One thing I hear routinely from people of all political stripes is how disappointed they are in the United States of America. The nonstop drumbeat of negativity dominates the news, the politics and of course, the social media. The outrage and fury emanating from...