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FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES
Speaking At Your Own Risk… Wisconsin has been abuzz for the last year with all things policy and politics – from protests to recall elections...
THE TRUTH ABOUT SALARIED WORKERS AND OVERTIME
One of the first questions I ask during an initial consultation with a potential client is whether he or she earns overtime pay for working...
“FILE THAT LAWSUIT AND YOU’RE FIRED…”
Employee Protections From Employer Retaliation Every employee has the right to file a claim or participate in a lawsuit for wage violations. However, individuals are...
MANY EMPLOYEES IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY ARE ENTITLED TO OVERTIME WAGE PAY
Federal and state overtime laws exempt certain employees from overtime wage pay based primarily on their job duties. Oftentimes, employees assume that all highly compensated...
3 Questions Determine Unemployment Eligibility
In these tough economic times, as the unemployment rate in Wisconsin hovers around 7.8%, more and more families are relying on unemployment benefits to put...
RESTAURANT WORKERS: WHAT YOUR EMPLOYER CAN AND CAN’T DO
Sometimes employers use illegal practices to pay tipped employees (including servers, wait staff, busboys, bartenders, bellhops, counter personnel who serve tipping customers, and valets). After...
Legal and Illegal Employer Paycheck Deductions
Permissible and Impermissible Employer Deductions from Your Paycheck It’s a common theme: your employer approaches you and says that he is deducting wages from your...
EMPLOYERS MUST STOP SEXUAL ORIENTATION HARASSMENT
In case there was any doubt, it is now clearly the law that an employer may not allow co-workers to harass an employee on the...
JUST BECAUSE YOUR BOSS SAYS YOU’RE AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR DOESN’T MEAN IT’S TRUE….
Independent Contractors and the Economic Realities Test QUESTION: What do exotic dancers, construction workers, chefs, nurses, security agents, railroad car loaders, bus drivers, cable installers,...