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I was in Washington D.C. this past week attending a conference with representatives of the Department of Labor when it was announced that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would be investigating whether employers were using unlawful hiring processes driven...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the nation’s mental health. In the first year following the onset of the pandemic, global rates of anxiety and depression rose by 25%, according to the World Health Organization. Grief, uncertainty about the state...
Unemployment agencies are overwhelmed by the amount of employee’s claiming benefits, but unfortunately the system is essentially broken at times. Employees are being denied benefits for arbitrary reasons and without recourse much of the time because the agency is...
Please contact your federal legislators to encourage them to take any necessary remaining steps to pass the proposed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The reason is that pregnancy itself is not protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act. As a result, pregnant women...
A new client of our firm is a home healthcare worker, a home health aide who provides companionship services to customers on behalf of her third party employer. For years, there were broad exemptions in place for home health workers that allowed them to work...
We commonly hear from clients that an employer has terminated them for reasons that seem objectively reasonable, but the client believes that termination would not have occurred had they possessed a different protected characteristic under the law, such as race,...
Press Release: March 7, 2022 Hurwitz Law PLLC is pleased to announce that its law firm specializing in employment law is officially opening a new office in Ann Arbor, Michigan and has revamped the www.hurwitzlaw.com website. The staff looks forward to serving clients...
Our clients are routinely seeking our help when they have a miserable combination of immense stress and pressure. Our identities are often tied up with our employment, but job security never seems to be secure and employment relationships are difficult to manage. ...
On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his plan for private-sector businesses with 100 or more employees to mandate that their workers be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. The soon-to-be-implemented federal mandate will be dictated by the Department...
Employees have many legal protections that independent contractors simply do not get, including health insurance, paid sick days, overtime, disability plans, retirement benefits, occupational safety laws, and anti-discrimination safeguards. Recognizing the hardship...