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What is an “Exempt” Employee?
Is your employer required to pay you overtime when you work more than 40 hours a week? Or is your job exempt from overtime due...
IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU PROBABLY DON’T KNOW (BUT SHOULD!) ABOUT WAGE AND HOUR LAWS
Wage and hour cases come in all shapes and sizes. In many instances, clients call us with issues that have nothing to do with a...
I’M DISABLED. WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS CAN I ASK FOR FROM MY EMPLOYER?
1. What constitutes a “disability”? Under federal law, a disability is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities...
RECORDS OF TIME AND WAGES EMPLOYERS MUST KEEP
Employers must keep records of the hours worked by their employees, including overtime hours, and of the wages the employees are paid. Federal law says...
DAMAGES 101: WHAT TYPES OF DAMAGES ARE AVAILABLE IF I WIN A CASE BEFORE THE WISCONSIN EQUAL RIGHTS DIVISION?
Suppose you’ve met with an attorney or conducted some of your own research (Check out prior blog posts here and here for additional information) and...
SUCCESSOR EMPLOYER LIABILITY
My Employer Was Taken Over By Another Company… Can the New Company Be Liable for Wage Violations? It happens all the time. A new management...
PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM WAGE THEFT – THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT!
As we have discussed many times in our blog posts, employers are required to pay most employees at a rate of 1.5 times the regular...
EEOC ISSUES NEW GUIDANCE ON CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS
On April 25, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new guidance relating to criminal background checks by employers. The guidance updates, consolidates, and...
EMPLOYEE MEAL PERIODS AND BREAKS
Contrary to popular belief, neither federal nor state law requires that employers provide a break period for their employees. Federal law provides: “Rest periods of...