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Michigan Attorney General Issues Opinion on Medical Marihuana

The Michigan Attorney General, Bill Schuette, recently issued an opinion (available at http://www.ag.state.mi.us/opinion/datafiles/2010s/op10340.htm) concerning three issues posed by the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA): (1) Whether the Michigan Smoking Ban applied to Marihuana; (2) Assuming that the Smoking Ban does not apply to Marihuana, does the MMMA’s prohibition on public smoking apply to food service [...]

Important Anti-Retaliation Update

In Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp, the Supreme Court of the United States considered whether the anti-retaliation provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applied to oral complaints. In Kasten, an employee orally complained to his company about an unlawful practice, for which he was subsequently fired. In addition to orally complaining to [...]

Tough Love in Your Business

What do oil and water and family members who are employees in your small business have in common? They rarely mix and are frequently toxic to the environment. Although it should be noted that there are of course occasions of success, the most likely outcome is entrenched employees that are nearly impossible to remove, strained [...]

Do you have “Rhythm”?

In her article “Do you have “Rhythm”?” Donna Hover, CEO Advisor, addresses that there are three fundamental habits that companies must develop. The article does an excellent job of articulating the significance to a business of 1) establishing priorities or the importance of putting “First things First” as Steven Covey advises; 2) creating team “rhythm” [...]