by David Zoeller | Jun 13, 2017 | David Zoeller, SSDI
Many workers approaching early retirement age (62 years old) face the difficult question of whether or not to take retirement benefits at 62 or wait until full retirement age at 66. If you take the benefit at 62, it will be reduced by 30%, a hefty sum living on a...
by Timothy Maynard | Jun 9, 2017 | Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
Both Wisconsin law and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) contain exemptions from overtime pay requirements for certain employees meeting the definition of executive, administrative, or professional employees. See generally Wis. Admin. Code § DWD 274.04; see...
by Barbara Zack Quindel | May 3, 2017 | Barbara Zack Quindel, Wage and Hour Law
*Updated 5/3/2017* Under the misleading title of “The Working Families Flexibility Act” (HR 1180), Congressional Republicans are proposing to allow employers to offer private sector employees compensatory time off instead of paying them time and a half for the...
by William Parsons | Apr 19, 2017 | LTDI, William Parsons
Signs Your Long Term Disability Claim May Be Denied (And What To Do About It) Have you been receiving long term disability insurance benefits but notice the insurance company has recently begun acting strange? Are you worried the insurance company might deny your...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Apr 14, 2017 | Barbara Zack Quindel, Employment Discrimination, Jeffrey Sweetland
Under provisions in Governor Walker’s budget bill, complaints adjudicated by the Equal Rights Division under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Organ Donor Leave Act, the Health Care Workers Protection Act and other laws would...
by Lynn Lodahl | Apr 11, 2017 | Family Law
Many pet owners – myself included! – consider their pets to be like family members. Indeed, pet ownership is very common, with approximately 68% of all U.S. households including one or more pets.1 Given the prevalence of both pet ownership and divorce in the U.S.,...
