Steven A. "Steve" Palazzolo
- Senior Counsel
Steve Palazzolo has extensive and varied experience counseling clients on all aspects of the employment relationship. His practice focuses on employee relation issues in both union and nonunion workplaces and representing clients before the NLRB, EEOC, MDCR and other state agencies. He assists employers in navigating all major federal and state labor and employment laws including Title VII, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, ADEA and NLRA and international labor relations.
In addition to counseling clients on day to day labor and employment matters, Steve’s services extend to the labor and employment law aspects of mergers and acquisitions, employee benefits and employment and civil rights litigation. He advocates for organizations in the automotive supply, agriculture, finance, food processing, hospitality, higher education and health care industries, ranging from start-ups to large Fortune 500 clients. Steve is an in-demand speaker for industry organizations, including the Original Equipment Suppliers Association, the Society for Human Resource Management and the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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- Assist employers in resolving a wide variety of employment-related issues, such as hiring, discipline, termination, leaves of absence, and in complying with all major federal and state employment and labor laws, including Title VII, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, ADEA, and NLRA. Represent employers before administrative agencies such as EEOC, USDOL, MDCR, and NLRB.
- Draft and review employee handbooks, employment policies and procedures, employment agreements, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, separation agreements and sales representative agreements.
- Represented Amway Corp. securing $26 million arbitration award in suit arising out of non-compete, non-solicit and trade secret claims. Report at 2008 WL 5386774; 2010 WL 3927661.
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- Assist employers in resolving a wide variety of employment-related issues, such as hiring, discipline, termination, leaves of absence, and in complying with all major federal and state employment and labor laws, including Title VII, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, ADEA, and NLRA. Represent employers before administrative agencies such as EEOC, USDOL, MDCR, and NLRB.
- Draft and review employee handbooks, employment policies and procedures, employment agreements, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, separation agreements and sales representative agreements.
- Represented Amway Corp. securing $26 million arbitration award in suit arising out of non-compete, non-solicit and trade secret claims. Report at 2008 WL 5386774; 2010 WL 3927661.
- Serves as labor and employment counsel for numerous union and non-union organizations in the automotive supply industry.
- Serves as labor and employment counsel for higher educational institutions.
- Frequently conducts training sessions and speaking engagements for a number of employer organizations and for management on labor and employment topics.
- Served as in-house labor and employment counsel for Alticor Inc. for 11 years.
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- DOL’s Move to “Primary Beneficiary” Test Indicates an Increased Tolerance for Unpaid Interns
- 2015 and 2016 Informal Guidance on Joint Employment and Independent Contractors Withdrawn
- To Be At-Will or Not At-Will: That Is the Question!
- Michigan’s Minimum Wage to Increase in January
- Judge Orders Delay in Implementation of New FLSA Regulations
- Now What?
- Tick Tock . . . the FLSA Clock is Running
- Shhh! The Importance of Protecting Trade Secrets
- Recent Case Demonstrates the Importance of Protecting Trade Secrets
- EEOC Proposes Increased Reporting Burden for Many Employers
- Times They Are A-Changin’ for Independent Contractors
- Department of Labor Issues Updated FMLA Forms