2019 Employment Law Update | 18

This week we revisit the episode in which Felicia Harris, CEO of EverythingHR and EverythingHR Financial Services, interviews a team of lawyers from Littler Mendelson Law Firm regarding employment law updates. They discuss a range of updates and pitfalls including paid time off, minimum wage, immigration, legal marijuana use, firearms, and sexual harassment. 

• Littler Mendelson Law Firm is the largest employer-side employment law firm in the world with 1400 attorneys; it is exclusively an employer management defense firm
• Michigan recent law updates - new paid sick leave going into effect in March 2019
• There was no mandatory paid sick leave in Michigan before this act was passed
• To be in compliance with the new law, any company with 50 or more employees should consult with its legal team
• Status on state Guidance - Guidance from the state would be helpful, but it may not happen
•  Employers should consult with legal teams to know whether specific employees are covered by the new act
• Michigan state Legislature passed a minimum wage increase law which will again increase at the end of March 2019
• Current wages for salaried workers and how to calculate work time based on the Fair Labor Standards Act
• Immigration laws including and recent historical background, necessary forms, and other details
• Littler Mendelson collaborates with someone’s existing legal counsel
•  How the recent legalization of recreational marijuana is impacting labor laws nationwide
•  Firearms in the workplace
• The #MeToo movement and why employers need to take it seriously

Connect with Felicia Harris
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felicia-g-harris/