Butzel Long attorney Daniel B. Tukel featured during Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce program on June 15, 2016

DETROIT, Mich. – Most state and federal non-discrimination laws prohibit employers from taking actions. However, for religious practices and disabilities, employers are legally required to take affirmative steps to accommodate employees.

Daniel B. Tukel, a labor and employment attorney with Butzel Long, will discuss “Religion and Disability Accommodation in Today’s Workplace.” during a Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce program on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. The program is free. To register, visit: http://www.flintandgenesee.org/events/discrimination-accommodation-todays-multicultural-workplace/ (This program is part of a series of quarterly training sessions featuring Butzel Long labor and employment attorneys).

He will discuss the obligations employers have to accommodate; steps to determine how to accommodate, and, the circumstances in which employers may permissibly deny accommodations.

Tukel is Chair of Butzel Long’s Labor and Employment Law Department and based in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office. His practice is devoted to representing both public and private employers in state and federal discrimination and wrongful discharge litigation, as well as traditional labor matters such as collective bargaining and union organizational drives.

He regularly counsels employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, in statutory compliance and in creating, implementing and administering employee handbooks and other personnel policies and practices.