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Social Security Disability as an Alternative to Claiming Early Retirement
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...
U.S. Department Of Labor To Announce New Overtime Rules
Today, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) released its long awaited new overtime rules, which resulted in a seismic shift in workplace pay. Under the new...
Are You My Employer? Identifying ALL Employers in Wage & Hour Claims
The federal law which mandates overtime and minimum wages for most workers, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), is unique in that it allows employees...
The Wage and Hour Protections You Thought You Had
Many workers are shocked to learn how few protections Wisconsin or federal employment laws afford them in the workplace. The arena of wage and hour...
Social Security Disability by the Numbers
Most people I speak with seeking advice on Social Security disability benefits have no idea how the process works. The two things they most want...
Some Good News for Victims of Wage Theft
In addition to protecting employees from being cheated out of overtime and minimum wages, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) shields employees from retaliation for...
Pain and Social Security Disability: Proving the Existence of Chronic Pain
On February 20, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an order further clarifying how Social Security’s Administrative Law Judges...
NLRB Rejects No Class Action Arbitration Agreements, Again
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is not backing down on its position that employees have a right to bring claims against their employers collectively,...
Department of Labor Likely to Increase the Salary Amount Requirement for the FLSA’s White Collar Exemptions
President Obama recently announced his intention to ask the Department of Labor to update aspects of the DOL’s enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act,...