{"id":2168,"date":"2020-03-22T22:48:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T02:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lerachapter.org\/detroit\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2020-03-22T22:54:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T02:54:23","slug":"pres-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lerachapter.org\/detroit\/2020\/03\/22\/pres-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"The President’s Newsletter – March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 18, 2020<\/p>\n

THE PRESIDENT’S NEWSLETTER
\nDetroit LERA Chapter<\/h2>\n
\n

\"\"By Marick F. Masters<\/strong>
\nInterim Chair, Dept. of Finance
\nProfessor of Business
\nWayne State University
\n387 MISB
\n2771 Woodward Ave.
\nDetroit, MI 48201
\n313-577-5358
\nmarickm@wayne.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Dear LERA Chapter Members and Friends:<\/p>\n

Dear Detroit Area LERA Chapter Members and Friends,<\/p>\n

We have had several active months between September 2019 and February 2020, during which we held five breakfasts and one evening program, each of which was well attended and informative:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. September 26, 2019. \u201cLegal Updates from the NLRB,\u201d with presenter Terry Morgan.<\/li>\n
  2. October 24, 2019. \u201cLegal Updates from MERC,\u2019 with presenter Sidney McBride.<\/li>\n
  3. October 30, 2019 [evening program<\/strong><\/em>] \u201cIndependent Contractor or Employee?\u201d with presenter Brad Raymond.<\/li>\n
  4. December 12, 2019. \u201cAn Overview of Michigan Wage and Hour Laws and Investigations,\u201d with presenters Sylvester Jackson and Randall Harrison of the Michigan Wage and Hour Division.<\/li>\n
  5. January 23, 2020. \u201cOK. It Is About You,\u201d with presenter Brain Shulent<\/li>\n
  6. February 20, 2020. \u201cEmployment Mediation and Arbitration as Career Choices,\u201d with presenter Jan Holdinski.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We thank each of the presenters and Robert Chiaravalli and Ruthanne Okun for helping to coordinate the breakfasts.\u00a0 As always, we appreciate the support of the members and our guests.<\/p>\n

    Two Announcements:<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. WE HAVE DECIDED TO CANCEL THE MARCH BREAKFAST MEETING AND TO POSTPONE THE SPRING EVENING PROGRAM DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
      \n<\/strong><\/em><\/em>* We will be in touch later about the Spring\/Summer program once we are through the current situation.
      \n<\/em><\/strong><\/strong>* We have invited Mr. Sam Bagenstos of MERC to present at our evening program when we are able to schedule it.<\/li>\n
    2. I am pleased to announce that Ms. Raya Danielle York<\/em> has volunteered to be our Chapter\u2019s Communications Director.\u00a0 She will be working with us and Emily Smith (of the national LERA office at the University of Illinois) on updating the web site and other matters relating to communications.\u00a0 We welcome Raya and look forward to working with her.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Please stay tuned for more updates as we move things forward.\u00a0 We are going to get a lot of electronic functionalities and communications channels going in the next several weeks before we select leaders for next year.<\/p>\n

      I thank everyone for their support over the past few years while serving as your president.\u00a0 These have been challenging and interesting times, and I been very fortunate to have had such a great group of colleagues to work with during this period.<\/p>\n

      Best regards,
      \nMarick
      \n      marickm@wayne.edu<\/a>
      \n313-577-5431
      \ncell: 412-427-1465<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      March 18, 2020 THE PRESIDENT’S NEWSLETTER Detroit LERA Chapter By Marick F. Masters Interim Chair, Dept. of Finance Professor of Business Wayne State University 387 MISB 2771 Woodward Ave. Detroit, MI 48201 313-577-5358 marickm@wayne.edu Dear LERA Chapter Members and Friends: Dear Detroit Area LERA Chapter Members and Friends, We have had several active months between (more…)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","pmpro-has-access"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t