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BRIAN J GRABER LLC is a Whistleblowers’ Protection Act lawyer representing Michigan employees who are retaliated against by their employers for whistleblowing in violation of the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act. Protected activity under the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act encompasses reporting violations of common law. In Stefanski v. Saginaw County 911 Communications Center Authority, SC 166663 at *1-2 …

BRIAN J GRABER PLLC represents Michigan employees who are retaliated against in violation of the ELCRA. In Miller v. Corr., SC 164862 at *4 (Mich. May 10, 2024), the Michigan Supreme Court in a unanimous opinion held the ELCRA, MCL 37.2701(a) provides a cause of action for associational or third-party retaliation claims, i.e., where one …

BRIAN J GRABER LLC represents employees in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan who are retaliated against in violation of federal whistleblower statutes. Congress passed several statutes containing whistleblower (anti-retaliation) provisions protecting employees in certain industries from retaliation for certain statutorily defined protected activities. Several of these whistleblower protection statutes adopted the contributing-factor burden-shifting framework of the …

BRIAN J GRABER LLC is a sexual harassment lawyer representing employees in sexual harassment claims against their employers in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Effective March 3, 2022, the Federal Arbitration Act was amended prohibiting mandatory arbitration of sexual assault and harassment claims. The amendment to the Federal Arbitration Act prevents employers from enforcing mandatory arbitration …