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		<title>New Testimonial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The reputation of both of my tire stores in our community is critical to our success. When I had to deal with a problem employee and protect the reputation of both stores, I called the employer&#8217;s attorney- Tom Fredericks. His extensive professional knowledge and excellent presentation skills were super effective. Within minutes, the problem employee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brian Breslin for MSU Trustee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brian will do a great job representing MSU. Please vote for Brian in November. ]]></description>
		<link>http://tomfrederickslaw.com/2010/08/brian-breslin-for-msu-trustee/</link>
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		<title>Medical Marijuana News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 jobs may be at risk [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomfrederickslaw.com/2010/07/medical-marijuana-news/</link>
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		<title>Michigan Loses More Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 30, 2010 
Michigan&#8217;s Gift to Texas? People
MICHAEL D. LAFAIVE
Mackinac Center 
Since 2000, Michigan lost 540,750 residents to interstate migration (though the state&#8217;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 single measurement of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomfrederickslaw.com/2010/06/michigan-loses-more-jobs/</link>
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		<title>The Union Disadvantage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author: Thomas S. Fredericks,  Attorney &#38; 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 benefits.
 The administrative budgets of unionized companies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomfrederickslaw.com/2010/04/the-union-disadvantage/</link>
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		<title>The Merit Shop Seminar Outline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
The Merit Shop Advantage
 
Positive employee relations can best be evidenced by being merit shop. You should manage your business to make unions unnecessary. Otherwise, employers often get the unions they deserve; employers managing a positive workplace don&#8217;t become unionized.     
 
Merit shops save employers more than 30% in operating costs. Here are just a few extra [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomfrederickslaw.com/2010/03/the-merit-shop-seminar-outline/</link>
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		<title>Union Free Seminar Outline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t become unionized.     
 
Union free workforces save their employers more than 30% in operating costs. Here are just a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomfrederickslaw.com/2010/03/union-free-seminar-outline/</link>
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		<title>WAGE AND HOUR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take care in classifying employees
 March 8, 2010
 
Karla Osolin was disappointed with her first paycheck from Turocy &#38; 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 she wasn’t being paid overtime, and filed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomfrederickslaw.com/2010/03/wage-and-hour/</link>
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		<title>Michigan Constitution Notes- From the seminar delivered on 2/21/10 at Bay Valley CC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thomas S. Fredericks
2335 Rowley Road
Williamston, MI 48895-9133
Attorney &#38; 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, Detroit was the territorial capital, and, instead of a state legislature, Michigan was governed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomfrederickslaw.com/2010/02/michigan-constitution-notes-from-the-seminar-delivered-on-22110-at-bay-valley-cc/</link>
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		<title>Racial Discrimination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s landed the company in court three times in the last year — twice before the same federal appellate court — and cost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tomfrederickslaw.com/2010/02/399/</link>
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