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The Michigan Supreme Court recently held in Rayford v. American House Roseville I LLC that courts must review for reasonableness provisions in employment contracts that limit the amount of time within which an employee may...more
On July 31, 2025, in Rayford v. American House Roseville I, LLC, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that contractual time limitations for employment lawsuits must pass a reasonableness test....more
Imagine accepting a new job, signing a stack of documents, and working for years—only to learn after being fired that hidden fine print gave you just months, not years, to sue for wrongful termination. Sound fair? The...more
On July 31, 2025, the Michigan Supreme Court changed the test for enforceability of contractually shortened claim limitation periods in Rayford v American House. Employers often shorten the statute of limitations of...more
The Michigan Supreme Court just ruled that many boilerplate forms employees sign on day one – sometimes known as adhesive employment agreements – are no longer automatically enforceable if they shorten the timeframe for...more
On July 31, 2025, in Tamika Rayford v American House Roseville, LLC d/b/a American House East I and American House, the Michigan Supreme Court held that boilerplate employment agreements that shorten the limitations period to...more
Under Michigan’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (“MiOSHA”), employers may not “discharge an employee or in any manner discriminate against an employee because the employee filed a complaint” regarding the employer’s...more
It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more
Suspense builds as the end of the Michigan Supreme Court’s 2023-2024 term approaches quickly, with scores of argued appeals still unresolved. The 40 appeals that remain undecided reveal interesting trends in the court’s...more
The Michigan Supreme Court’s recent ruling in the case of Miller v. Department of Corrections expands the scope of retaliation claims under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA). This decision could have important...more
In Michigan AFSCME Council 25 v. County of Wayne, the Supreme Court of Michigan declined an application filed by Michigan AFSCME Council 25 and Affiliated Local 101 for leave to appeal a judgment of the circuit court and...more
“Third party” or “associational” retaliation is reprisal taken by an employer against someone other than the person who engaged in “protected conduct.” In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Title VII’s anti-retaliation...more
In Michigan, it is well-established that the statute of limitations for claims of discrimination, harassment and most other employment-based claims may be shortened by the agreement of the employer and the employee. This...more
On July 15, 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court clarified and, arguably, expanded the public-policy exception to the well-established at-will employment presumption in Michigan. Although the case may conclude differently after...more
On July 28, 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled 5-2 that the Michigan Elliot Larsen Civil Rights Act’s (“ELCRA”) prohibition against sex discrimination includes a prohibition against discrimination based on sexual...more