Strengths Snapshot
- HR/workforce contract and management issues – Karen VanderWerff
- Equal employment opportunity – Rob Dubault
- Investigations – Andrea Bernard
- Employment-related immigration – Michael Wooley
- Labor negotiations/collective bargaining – Jon Kok
- Labor arbitrations – Jon Kok
- NLRB matters – Steve Palazzolo
- Executive compensation
- Wage and hour – Allyson Terpsma
- Workplace safety – Karen VanderWerff
- workers’ compensation – Geri Drozdowski
- Retaliation and wrongful discharge – Andrea Bernard
- Discrimination and harassment charges – Dean Pacific
- Disability and medical leave –Steve Palazzolo
- State and federal compliance under EEO, ADA, FMLA, OSHA and MiOSHA, FLSA, ERISA, WARN, and other laws – Rob Dubault
- Employment arbitration – Ed Bardelli
- Employment litigation –Amanda Fielder
- Employee competition – Ed Bardelli
- Workplace fatalities or acts of violence – Karen VanderWerff
- Public sector and municipal work – Steve Girard
Worker's Compensation
The extensive labor practice at Warner allows us to smoothly integrate and effectively deal with overlapping claims, such as employment discrimination, ADA or FMLA issues and workers’ compensation.
We also provide clients with assistance instituting preventive measures in the workplace. Our attorneys specializing in workers’ compensation have years of litigation experience and appear in all of the Workers’ Disability Compensation Bureaus in Lower Michigan.
Representative Experience
- Warner Represents US Subsidiary in Connection With Chervon Holdings’ Initial Public Offering
- Warner Represents Nichols Paper & Supply In Its Sale to Imperial Dade
- Warner Represented Kendall Electric, Inc. In Its Acquisition of Rumsey Electric Company
- Warner Represented Uncle Ed’s Oil Shoppes, Inc. and AutoBath America, Inc. In Their Sale to FullSpeed Automotive
- Warner Represents American Holoptics in $42 Million Acquisition of Military Supplier
- Warner Represents FormulaFolios In Its Strategic Transaction with Brookstone Capital Management
- Warner Representing ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. In the Acquisition of Community Shores Bank Corporation
- Warner Represents Vilex and Orthex in Acquisition by OrthoPediatrics
- Warner Represents ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. In Its Merger with County Bank Corp.
- Warner Represents SpartanNash In Its Acquisition of Martin’s Super Markets
- Warner Represents BPV Environmental In Its Sale to Pestell Group
- Warner Represents Structural Concepts Corporation In Its Sale to Mason Wells
- Warner Represents TCSB Bancorp, Inc. In Its Merger With Independent Bank Corporation
- Warner Represented West Shore Bank In the Acquisition of Ellis Capital Management
- Warner Advises Xcentric Mold & Engineering on Investment from The Riverside Company
- Perrigo to Acquire National Healthcare & Consumer Goods Products Distributor – Geiss, Destin & Dunn, Inc.
- Warner Representing Birmingham Bloomfield Bancshares, Inc. (Bank of Birmingham) in Merger with Arbor Bancorp, Inc. (Bank of Ann Arbor)
- Warner Representing West Shore Bank in $8.3 Million Acquisition of West Michigan Bank & Trust
- Chemical Financial Corporation Completes Merger with Talmer Bankcorp, Inc.
- NLRB and Union Activity Is on the RiseWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- Hiring Interns: To Pay or Not To Pay?Warner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- How Flexible Work Arrangements Can Protect Employers From the Great ResignationWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- Just Don’t AskWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- They Did What? (How Not to Handle a Sexual Harassment Complaint)Warner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- Give Me My Stuff Back!Warner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- Don’t Let the Great Resignation Cause a Big MistakeWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- Updates on the OSHA ETS Litigation and CDC Isolation and Quarantine GuidelinesWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- What the Sixth Circuit’s OSHA ETS Decision Means for EmployersWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- CMS Vaccine Mandate Lawsuits Create Further Uncertainty for EmployersWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- OSHA ETS Remains in Limbo: What Does This Mean for Employers and Employees?Warner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- Today Is the Day that OSHA Published Its Emergency Temporary StandardWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- EEOC Guidance Updates and Additions for Vaccine MandatesWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- Helping Your Employees Through Mental Health ChallengesWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- At Will vs. Just Cause: How to Protect Yourself from Wrongful Discharge LawsuitsWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- There’s a New Sheriff in Town: NLRB New General Counsel Jennifer AbruzzoWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- Taking Another Shot at Vaccine MandatesWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- COVID-19 Pulled Me Back In: Where Are We With Masks?Warner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- Non-Compete vs. Non-Solicitation Agreements: “The Devil’s In the Details”Warner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- Employers Beware: Labor Shortages and Antitrust LawsWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- That’s All Folks! MIOSHA Rescinds Previous Emergency RulesWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- COVID-19 Employment Rights ActWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- MIOSHA Issues New Emergency RulesWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- MI Hits Its First MilestoneWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- Michigan Vacc to Normal Plan and When Employees Can Return to WorkWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- Remote Work Considerations for After the COVID-19 PandemicWarner Employment News From the Law Shanty
- Warner 2022 HR Seminar In-Person Event
- Webinar: Cannabis Labor and Employment issues in the Workplace
- What Employers Need to Know About the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard
- Cannabis Law Seminar – Industry Insights and Trends From the Legal Perspective
- Warner Virtual Automotive Executive Roundtable Series: HR Challenges and Issues
- Warner Names New Practice, Industry Group Leaders
- Robert A. Dubault Named Executive Partner of Warner’s Muskegon Office
- Warner Partner Allyson R. Terpsma Honored by Michigan Lawyers Weekly
- Kelsey M. Dame Joins Board of Women’s Resource Center
- Warner Represents US Subsidiary in Connection With Chervon Holdings’ Initial Public Offering
- Warner Names Four Attorneys as Partners
- Warner Ranked Top-Tier Law Firm by Best Lawyers®, U.S. News & World Report
- Warner Partner Jonathan Kok Featured in MiBiz Article “Reporter’s Notebook: Biden’s vaccine mandate a legal and workplace minefield”
- Warner Partner Jon Kok Interviewed for MiBiz Article on Federal Vaccine Mandate’s Effect on Manufacturing Industry
- 105 Warner Attorneys Rated Best Lawyers in America©
- 12 Warner Attorneys Named Lawyers of the Year
- 11 Warner Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch List
- Labor and Employment Attorney Steven K. Girard Joins Warner
- Amanda M. Fielder and Jonathan P. Kok to Co-chair Warner Labor and Employment Practice Group
- New MDHHS Quarantine Guidance Creates Uncertainty for Employers Under Public Act 238/339
- Congress Passes Bill Limiting Mandatory Arbitration and Class Action Waivers in Sexual Abuse and Harassment Cases
- OSHA Announces It Will Withdraw Vaccination/Testing ETS
- Supreme Court Blocks OSHA Vaccine or Testing Rule
- MIOSHA May Delay Adoption of OSHA ETS on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing
- Sixth Circuit Dissolves Stay of OSHA’s ETS Mandating Vaccine or Testing for Large Employers; OSHA Sets New Enforcement Deadlines
- Sixth Circuit Declines To Speed up Schedule for Considering OSHA ETS Stay
- OSHA ETS Challenges Transferred to the Sixth Circuit Court
- Warner Offers OSHA ETS Policy Templates
- Warner Offers Federal Contractor Vaccination Policy
- Fifth Circuit Stays OSHA Standard Mandating Employee Vaccination or Testing
- Breaking News: OSHA Issues Mandatory Vaccine or Testing Standards
- Additional Details: OSHA Issues Standard on Vaccine or Testing Mandate
- Four Ways to Tackle Employee Fatigue
- OSHA To Require Employers With 100-Plus Employees to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines or Testing
- Biden Executive Order Calls for Agencies to Ratchet Up Antitrust and Competition Policy Efforts
- MIOSHA Rescinds COVID-19 Emergency Rules, But Employers Still Have Health & Safety Obligations
- Warner HR Starter Kit Available for Purchase
- OSHA Issues Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID-19 for Employers in Health Care Sector
- Updated MIOSHA Rules Eliminate Masks for Fully-Vaccinated Employees
- CDC Guidance and MIOSHA Rules Differ On Vaccinated People Resuming Activities Without Masks or Social Distancing
- Michigan Hits First Vaccination Milestone in Governor’s MI Vacc to Normal Challenge
- Governor Whitmer Announces Michigan’s Path Out of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Harassment Leadership Training Video
