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Non-compete agreements are holding back Michigan's new economy, if you ask David Blanchard. Because the law governing non-compete agreements in Michigan favors the employers, it is easy for companies to abuse such contracts, limiting the employment options of former...
David Nacht is now a member of the Ohio State Bar. He is a member of the Toledo Bar Association and Ohio Employment Lawyers Association. Nacht Law now has attorneys licensed in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio and is increasingly serving clients in these states as well as...
The good news about the affordable care act is that millions more people will have access to affordable health care. But the bad news is....well, the bad news isn't so bad. This week media and some conservatives seized on a GAO report showing Americans will work less...
For many years, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) - a division of the U.S. Department of Labor - has provided protections to employees by establishing programs, policies and procedures aimed at creating safe and healthy working conditions for...
Plaintiff Jennifer Latowski was a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) for North Woods' Nursing Center in Farwell, Michigan. When the employer learned she became pregnant, they required her to get a doctor's note stating that she had no physical restrictions in order to...
Some University of Michigan Human Resource and Financial Services workers can breathe a sigh of relief. At least for now. The University has announced that it will put consolidation plans on a temporary hold after an awkward roll out of the cost saving plan. The irony...
"What do I say about my last job?" 90% want to know the answer to this question. Unfortunately, there is no "one size fits all" answer. Sometimes I can spend a hour or more with a client just working on the possible answers and the various implications. There are,...
The June 26, 2013 Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Windsor struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) of 1996, which established marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman, further defining a "spouse" as only a person of the opposite...
Overtime pay claims for cable installers in southeast Michigan may go forward with judicial notice to the potential class, federal judge rules. Overtime pay attorneys at Nacht Law, together with Boston Law Firm of Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC filed the FLSA case last...
While the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides twelve workweeks of leave to eligible employees for the birth of a child or the care of a sick loved one, the law as it currently stands provides no direct protection for families facing the death of a child....