Gwinn Legal PLLC

12/23/2023

10/26/2023

Image by Tumisu from Pixabay HEADLINE: DISPUTE OVER PREFERRED PRONOUNS PUTS EMPLOYER IN THE HOT SEAT QUESTION: Two of my employees are putting me in the middle of the culture wars, and I don’t know what to do. One worker …

09/18/2023

Image by StockSnap from Pixabay HEADLINE: DUELING STATISTICS MUDDY DEBATE OVER PAID LEAVE FOR NEW MOTHERS QUESTION: I read online in one piece that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer claims 77 percent of workers in private businesses don’t have any paid medical …

09/12/2023

WE’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE: PROPOSAL TO RAISE WAGES FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES LIKELY TO FACE OPPOSITION QUESTION: I read an article online that said employers have to start paying their salaried workers more. I’m an employer so …

09/03/2023

08/21/2023

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay HEADLINE: TENANTS WANT OUT OF LEASE AFTER DISABLING SURGERY; LANDLORD SAYS ‘PAY UP’! QUESTION: My husband and I have been living in a downtown apartment for several years. Unfortunately, just over a month ago, …

07/24/2023

HEADLINE: WITH MA*****NA USE LEGAL, EMPLOYERS QUESTION TESTING WORKERS FOR POT QUESTION: After a highly qualified candidate was disqualified for testing positive for THC on a pre-employment drug test, the human relations department of our …

07/19/2023

Image by Mike from Pixabay HEADLINE: EMPLOYER COULD LAND IN HOT WATER FOR ‘NO’ TO WORKER’S RELIGION-BASED REQUEST FOR SATURDAYS OFF QUESTION: Recently, my employer announced that, beginning next month, all employees will be required to come in to work one …

06/20/2023

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay HEADLINE: KEEPING EMPLOYEE MANUALS ONLINE MAY NOT BE FINE QUESTION: I was hired last year by a Detroit area company. As part of the on-boarding paperwork, I signed a statement saying that as an …

06/05/2023

Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay HEADLINE: CUSTOMERS LIKES ‘DAISY DUKES’ UNIFORM TOO MUCH; CAN WORKER SUE EMPLOYER FOR HARASSMENT? QUESTION: I work at a country bar and restaurant. For some reason, the owner decided a few months ago …

03/09/2023

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Minimum wage stays put – for now QUESTION: I had heard that because of some court case the minimum wage was going up by $3 per hour this year. When I asked my supervisor about it, …

03/09/2023

mage by Pexels from Pixabay HEADLINE: WORKER PROTESTS WHEN SPILLED COFFEE LEADS TO LOST WAGES QUESTION: I was working at my desk about three weeks ago, when I inadvertently spilled a cup of coffee onto my work laptop. I got …