By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Matthew Hilton joined the United States Army in 1989 after graduating from Holt High School. Shortly after his honorable discharge in 1991, Hilton joined the reserves, servin...
In December 2008, the National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA) and the National Council on Teacher Retirement (NCTR) released an issue brief titled Market Declines and Public Pe...
By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Weyhing Brothers Manufacturing Company in Detroit, Michigan is part museum, historical society, manufacturing plant, and an artist’s studio all wrapped into one. The co...
In November 2008, the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College released its report, The Financial Crisis and State/Local Defined Benefit Plans. As discussed in the report, the value of all ret...
By Michael East In the summer of 2007, when the Saginaw Spirit hockey club approached local police officers and firemen about putting together an annual fundraiser hockey game, Saginaw County law enfo...
By Gayle Hamilton, J.D., ghamilton@wayne.edu The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has published its new version of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regulations, which go into effect on J...
By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor “This honor guard training camp motto reminds students that those who are honored have given all there is to give. The least an honor guard member can do is to give his...
By Paul Zorn, Director of Governmental Research Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company is a leading actuarial and benefits consulting firm that specializes in servic...
By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Michigan HIV laws define “exposure” as sustaining a percutaneous, mucous membrane, or open wound exposure to the blood or other body fluids of another. The Occupa...