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Employment Law

Employers face new challenges every day. Part of our commitment to you is making ourselves readily available when you need us on the broad range of issues that may call for prompt action.  Foster Swift employment attorneys work to protect owners and their businesses using preventive action and early identification of workplace problems.  By developing practical and creative solutions, we are able to help save clients' money and prevent liability.

Foster Swift employment law attorneys assist public and private organizations of all sizes with:

  • Employment policies
  • Interpreting state and federal laws that regulate employer-employee relationships
  • Representing employers in discrimination, wrongful discharge and other employment disputes before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, in arbitrations, mediation and alternative dispute resolution processes
  • Recruitment and hiring
  • Grievance administration and arbitration
  • Discipline and discharge
  • Individual employment contracts
  • Leaves of absence
  • Unemployment compensation
  • Workplace safety and health
  • Trade secret and non-compete contracts

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2024 Labor & Employment Law Update

Status of Noncompete Agreements Following Block of FTC Final Rule Ban
Status of Noncompete Agreements Following Block of FTC Final Rule Ban
How Should Employers Approach Employee Accommodations?
How Should Employers Approach Employee Accommodations?
Implementing DEI into an Employer's Use of AI to Avoid Unintentional Discrimination
Implementing DEI into an Employer's Use of AI to Avoid Unintentional Discrimination
An Update on Michigan's Sick Leave and Minimum Wage
An Update on Michigan's Sick Leave and Minimum Wage
Use of Video and Audio Recordings in the Workplace
Use of Video and Audio Recordings in the Workplace
Concerns Surrounding Employee Drug and Alcohol Testing Policies
Concerns Surrounding Employee Drug and Alcohol Testing Policies
Best Practices for Recordkeeping to Avoid Legal Violations
Best Practices for Recordkeeping to Avoid Legal Violations
What Employers Need to Know About Public and Private Sectors of Labor Law
What Employers Need to Know About Public and Private Sectors of Labor Law
2024 Labor and Employment Law Update (Full Video)
2024 Labor and Employment Law Update (Full Video)

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Implications of FTC's Noncompete Ban for Employers
Implications of FTC's Noncompete Ban for Employers
Learn Recent Changes in Employment Law
Learn Recent Changes in Employment Law
Classification: Employees vs. Independent Contractors in a New Era
Classification: Employees vs. Independent Contractors in a New Era
An Overview of Michigan's Recent Firearm Laws
An Overview of Michigan's Recent Firearm Laws
Should Employers Use Generative AI in the Hiring Process?
Should Employers Use Generative AI in the Hiring Process?
How Recent Ruling Will Impact Your DEI Business Initiatives
How Recent Ruling Will Impact Your DEI Business Initiatives

Employer Services

At Will Employment: What You Need to Know About Hiring and Firing
At Will Employment: What You Need to Know About Hiring and Firing
Fair Labor Standards Act Compliance Issues
Fair Labor Standards Act Compliance Issues
Employee Classification
Employee Classification
Employee vs Independent Contractor
Employee vs Independent Contractor

2023 Labor & Employment Law Update

NLRB Update Contract Clauses
NLRB Update Contract Clauses
Workplace Monitoring: What Has Changed for Employers?
Workplace Monitoring: What Has Changed for Employers?
Unemployment Insurance Matters
Unemployment Insurance Matters
Workplace Policies: Employee Drug Testing
Workplace Policies: Employee Drug Testing
Unintentional Discrimination: Employers' Use of AI
Unintentional Discrimination: Employers' Use of AI
Legal Dilemmas of Employee Misclassification
Legal Dilemmas of Employee Misclassification
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