School Law
Kotz Sangster Wysocki P.C. provides continuing representation for public education institutions in the areas of labor contract negotiations and drafting, employee issues counseling, labor contract interpretation and administration, labor arbitration, and litigation and administrative proceedings representation before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Michigan Employment Relations Commission, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, and federal and state courts. This representation includes action in the areas of:
- Investigation and resolution of student and parent complaints
- Students’ rights and responsibilities, suspensions, and expulsions
- Investigation and resolution of co-worker complaints and disputes
- Arbitration of contractual claims
- Employee disability and accommodation
- Planning in corrective and disciplinary actions for employee misconduct or performance iIssues
- Planning and implementation of teacher individualized development plans and performance evaluations
- Development of conduct rules for students and employees
- Tenure proceedings in disciplinary and dDischarge cases
- Incentives, retirement and employee benefits
- Real estate and construction
- School board law and governance
- Employee right to know, freedom of information and open meetings acts
