Beth is a partner in the labor and employment practice group, focusing employment issues and litigation. She has counseled business clients on a variety of matters affecting the workplace, including effective employee handbooks and policies, disciplinary and dispute resolution procedures, discrimination issues, disability accommodation, wage-hour matters, family medical leave, harassment prevention and litigation avoidance. When litigation is unavoidable, Beth has significant experience representing employers under the numerous state and federal statutes that govern the employment relationship, including the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. Beth has experience in both single-plaintiff cases and complex class and collective actions.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Elizabeth Wells Skaggs
- A Deep Dive Into the FTC Ban on Non-Compete Agreements - (Posted On Friday, April 26, 2024)
- Effective July 1, DOL Increases the Salary Threshold Required for Most White-Collar Exemptions - (Posted On Wednesday, April 24, 2024)
- New FTC Rule Bans Most Non-Compete Agreements - (Posted On Tuesday, April 23, 2024)
- Independent Contractor or Employee? The Department of Labor Issues Highly Anticipated New Rule - (Posted On Wednesday, January 10, 2024)
- Strikes, Layoffs, and Furloughs – Important Considerations for Employers Navigating the UAW’s Labor Dispute with Automotive OEMs - (Posted On Friday, September 15, 2023)
- DOL Proposes to Increase Salary Threshold Required for Most White-Collar Exemptions - (Posted On Wednesday, August 30, 2023)
- UPDATE: Michigan’s Paid Medical Leave and Minimum Wage Laws Remain Unchanged for Now - (Posted On Friday, January 27, 2023)
- Michigan Court of Appeals Hears Argument on the Adopt and Amend Strategy that Impacts Minimum Wage and Paid Medical Leave in Michigan - (Posted On Wednesday, December 14, 2022)
- Independent Contractor Today, Employee Tomorrow? - (Posted On Tuesday, October 18, 2022)
- US Supreme Court Halts Federal Vaccination Mandate for Employers, but Permits CMS Rule to Take Effect - (Posted On Thursday, January 13, 2022)
The National Law Review has awarded Varnum LLP with the Article of the Year Thought Leadership Award for their coverage of the US Supreme Court’s failure to rule on the legality of Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19. The ETS covered all employers with more than 100 employees, and provided requirements for time off for vaccination, masking mandates, weekly testing, and much more. “Federal Vaccine/Testing Mandates Take Effect While Supreme Court Stays Silent,” authored by Varnum’s Luis E. Avila, Maureen Rouse-Ayoub, Stephanie R. Setterington, Elizabeth Wells Skaggs, Ashleigh E. Draft, and Justin M. Wolber detailed how these requirements were left untouched by SCOTUS in January of 2022, causing cascading effects in Michigan and beyond, as well as for CMS’ vaccination rule and for the extensive federal litigation surrounding the contentious coronavirus mandates. The article reached an audience of over 265,000 readers over the course of the year, speaking to the ongoing importance and timeliness of COVID-19 news coverage, and cementing it as the National Law Review’s Article of the Year.