In a major decision issued on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down a Department of Labor (DOL) rule that raised the minimum salary threshold required for executive,...more
In a major decision issued Wednesday, the Michigan Supreme Court reinstated both the Earned Sick Time Leave Act (ESTA) and the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (IWOWA). As discussed further below, the Mothering Justice...more
In a 3 – 0 ruling with two concurring opinions, the Michigan Court of Appeals today issued an opinion that reverses an earlier decision of the Michigan Court of Claims which had reinstated the original Improved Workforce...more
In today’s episode of Warner Employment News From the Law Shanty, Steve Palazzolo addresses the recent Celtics’ decision to suspend its head coach, Ime Udoka, for the 2022-2023 season due to violations of team policies. He...more
The vocabulary phrase for today’s episode of Warner Employment News From the Law Shanty is “stare decisis.” Steve addresses the recent National Labor Relations Board case, Tesla Inc., 370 NLRB (2022), involving employees...more
In today’s Warner Employment News From the Law Shanty, Steve Palazzolo speaks with Allyson Terpsma on the topic of employee surveillance. Although workplace productivity monitoring software programs have been around for the...more
In today’s Warner Employment News From the Law Shanty, Steve Palazzolo talks with Warner attorney Janelle Shankin. They discuss Michigan’s Clean Slate Act and how it expanded the list of misdemeanors and felonies that are now...more