Value Based Retainers
Thomas S. Fredericks 2335 Rowley Road Williamston, MI 48895-9133 Attorney & Business Counselor Telephone (517) 655-4100 Cell (517) 525-1413 Electronic Mail: tomfredericks@cablespeed.com Web Site: http://tomfrederickslaw.com/ Value Billing: Success-based Retainers and Fee incentives Value billing and success-based fees allow us to talk with clients about compensation in terms of adding value to their organization. What [...]
EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKS
The centerpiece of an employer defenses against litigation, claims, charges, and union drives is an effective employee handbook. The handbook must be custom-drafted to meet the objectives of each business, address legal requirements, and prevent hearing officers and judges from superimposing their own opinions on your business and how it should be run. Tom has [...]
How To Stay In Business and Out of Court
-New Management Seminar- How To Stay in Business and out of Court Twelve threats to every employer. Labor/employment laws that every manager must know. Tom’s approach to keeping out of legal trouble THE LAW An overview of every Federal and Michigan employment law having an impact on every employer. UNIONS [...]
Medical Marijuana News
July 6, 2010 Medical marijuana law in Michigan runs into workplace rule Employers not required to allow marijuana use BY GINA DAMRON FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER If a recently filed medical marijuana lawsuit reaches the Michigan Court of Appeals or state Supreme Court, it could produce a precedent-setting decision that impacts employers and patients, whose [...]
Michigan Loses More Jobs
May 30, 2010 Michigan’s Gift to Texas? People MICHAEL D. LAFAIVE Mackinac Center Since 2000, Michigan lost 540,750 residents to interstate migration (though the state’s overall population rose slightly due to other factors). In contrast, Texas added 848,702 residents through interstate migration. The meaning of these numbers cannot be overemphasized: There is perhaps no better [...]
The Union Disadvantage
Author: Thomas S. Fredericks, Attorney & Business Counselor Web Site: http://tomfrederickslaw.com/ The Union Disadvantage: costs associated with unions. Tangible Costs Research indicates that the cost of running a unionized company is 30% to 40% greater than for a non-unionized one, and may not include subsequently negotiated changes in unionized employee wages or [...]
Union Free Seminar Outline
The Union Free Advantage Positive employee relations can best be evidenced by being union free. You should manage your business to make unions unnecessary. Otherwise, employers often get the unions they deserve; employers managing a positive workplace don’t become unionized. Union free workforces save their employers more than 30% in operating costs. [...]
WAGE AND HOUR
Take care in classifying employees March 8, 2010 Karla Osolin was disappointed with her first paycheck from Turocy & Watson LLP, a boutique intellectual property firm in Cleveland, Ohio. She had previously worked as a legal secretary for the international firm Jones Day, and the pay didn’t seem right. Then she realized [...]
Michigan Constitution Notes- From the seminar delivered on 2/21/10 at Bay Valley CC
Thomas S. Fredericks 2335 Rowley Road Williamston, MI 48895-9133 Attorney & Business Counselor Telephone (517) 655-4100 Cell (517) 525-1413 Electronic Mail: tomfredericks@cablespeed.com Web Site: http://tomfrederickslaw.com/ Michigan Constitution Seminar Outline History Territorial Law: Government of the Northwest Territory Ordinance Prior to statehood, Michigan was part of the Northwest Territory. During this period, [...]
Racial Discrimination
Racial Discrimination Trapped in the Whirlpool: Company in Hot Water Over Race Case Tresa Baldas The National Law Journal February 01, 2010 Whirlpool Corp. is in more hot water for alleged racial discrimination at a Tennessee facility that’s landed the company in court three times in the last year — twice before the same federal [...]
Thomas S. Fredericks
2335 Rowley Road
Williamston, MI 48895-9133
Office Telephone (517) 655-4100
tomfredericks@cablespeed.com 
Convertible Classics
I worked my way through college and law school in automotive factories, gas stations, and automotive service centers. Having acquired an interest in old cars, and the ability to service them, I continue to drive classic cars. I look forward to driving one of these American classics to serve your professional needs.
