Existing Michigan law has served to prevent private employers from considering criminal records “set aside” by law (more commonly known as expungement) in hiring and personnel decisions. An amendment to that law, which took effect on January 12, expands the circumstances under which ex-offenders may seek to set aside their criminal records and, thus, may further inhibit employers from accessing the criminal records of their applicants and employees. Employers who violate the law are […]

The legal ping-pong match between the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) over whether mortgage loan officers are eligible for overtime appears to be at an end. The Supreme Court recently issued its opinion in Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association, holding that the DOL’s amendment of its interpretive rules to provide that mortgage loan officers do not qualify for the administrative exemption—despite the fact that the DOL did not go […]