Employment Law: Legal Concerns When Using Contact Tracing Apps for Employees

In various parts of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the development and deployment of various contact tracing applications that are designed to help mitigate contagion risks and facilitate medical intervention. There are many variations in how the apps work, but, generally, the idea is that the software uses geo-location and user-provided data to… READ MORE

Labor Law Considerations for Work-From-Home Employees

Hiring (or converting) employees to work from home is really not that different than hiring an employee to work in a standard employment circumstance. A work-from-home employee is entitled to all the protections of federal and state labor laws. For example, the applicable labor laws related payment of wages and overtime apply with equal force… READ MORE

Employment Law: Enhanced Cybersecurity Procedures Needed for Work-From Home Employees

The fact that employees are increasingly required to work from home does not obviate a company’s legal requirement to have reasonable company policies and procedures to safeguard consumer data and to protect sensitive company confidential information. Indeed, the dawning era of widespread work-from-home employment necessitates enhanced cybersecurity since there are enhanced data security risks associated… READ MORE

As More Employees are Working From Home, Company Work-From-Home Safety Policies are Necessary

Given the surge of employees now working from home and the uncertainty of how long the current circumstances will persist, it is essential for every business to have good policies and procedures for work-from-home employees. If your business does not already have such policies, these should be established as quickly as possible. Good policies can… READ MORE

It took Michelangelo over four years to complete the Sistine Chapel—it might take you four seconds to download a high-resolution picture of it from Google. In 2016, Michelangelo may have been a starving artist. Fortunately for Michelangelo, and many other great Renaissance artists, the church and rich merchants were able to pay so much money… READ MORE

Multinational corporations, including the Whirlpool Corporation located in Benton Harbor, Michigan, often request (or demand) their employees sign non-compete agreements.   What is a non-compete agreement?   Non-compete agreements are a contract between an employer and employee. The contract typically restricts an employee’s ability to leave his or her current position to join a similar… READ MORE

The Michigan Venture Capital Association has released its annual research report, which concludes that Michigan’s venture capital industry invested $242 million in 2012. MVCI’s research report shows that there are currently twenty nine venture capital groups operating within the state, which invested a combined $242 million in thirty-three deals within the State of Michigan. There… READ MORE