Event Details
November Monthly Meeting
Date: | November 20, 2013, 11:30am – 1:00pm |
Organizer: | Lunch Sponsor – Midwest Printing - Dan Hartlieb |
Location: | M-TEC at Lake Michigan College 400 Klock Road Benton Harbor, MI 49022 1-800-252-1562 or 269-926-6832 http://www.lakemichigancollege.edu/MTEC/ |
Event Type: | Monthly Meeting |
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The Speaker is ... Leigh Schultz, Attorney at Miller Canfield
The Presentation Topic is ... EEOC and ADA Updates
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Lunch Sponsor – Midwest Printing - Dan Hartlieb
- Leigh M. Schultz specializes in labor and employment consultation and civil litigation. In addition to providing both public and private employers with advice and counsel on day-to-day employment-related issues, she represents businesses of all types and sizes in defending lawsuits involving employment-related claims and commercial issues. Leigh has also participated in negotiations of several collective bargaining agreements and arbitrations of employee grievances.
As a litigator, Leigh has defended administrative charges and lawsuits involving claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, the Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Whistleblower’s Protection Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Michigan Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Michigan Uniform Trade Secrets Act, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of a noncompete and confidentiality agreements, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In addition, she has handled numerous cases involving liability claims for manufacturers of various products, including automobiles, boom lifts, scissors lifts, hand saws and guns.