Writing on Your Rights
An Educational Wisconsin Legal Blog from the Attorneys of Hawks Quindel, S.C.
Child Placement in Wisconsin during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic
On March 24, 2020, the State of Wisconsin issued an Emergency “Safer-at-Home” Order to combat the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease). The order prohibits all non-essential travel, with certain exceptions. Many divorced and separated parents in Wisconsin are...
How to Manage and Minimize Surveillance Related to LTDI Claims
What is Surveillance? Surveillance is a common tool insurers use to investigate your long-term disability insurance (LTDI) claim, especially if your insurance company suspects you of exaggerating your disability. Insurance companies may hire one or more private...
Congress Passes New Employee Leave Benefits for Those Affected By Coronavirus
The President signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) into law on March 18, 2020. The Act contains two provisions that provide for leave: 1) Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA) The EFMLEA, which was created by the FFCRA,...
Coronavirus Rights FAQ for Wisconsin Employees
The Coronavirus & Employee Rights What rights, if any, do employees have? No one was expecting the Coronavirus pandemic. However, as politicians and the media report on the news and the tests and the closures, Americans are grappling with what coronavirus and...
Attorney Fairweather speaks to UW-Madison MBA students
On February 7, 2020 Shareholder Nicholas E. Fairweather spoke to and with students in the University of Wisconsin School of Business Executive MBA program regarding workplace harassment and discrimination litigation. Attorney Fairweather regularly works with managers...
How to Collect Disability If You Have Never Been Employed
How to Collect Disability If You Have Never Held a Job Before When most people think of social security disability, they're thinking of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. That's the federal program based on tax revenue from income taxes – also called work...
Employees Who Are Stalked or Repeatedly Harassed by a Customer in Their Workplace May Have a Discrimination Claim
We have explained how employees are protected from hostile work environments created by their co-workers and supervisors because of the employee’s sex, race, color, religion or national origin, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . It is far less well...
4 Tips for Wisconsin Couples Considering a Prenup
The number of couples considering a prenup – or prenuptial agreement – in advance of marriage is on the rise. This is not just true for wealthy individuals or older couples with children from previous marriages. Prenups are becoming increasingly popular among...
Attorney Aaron Halstead has been elected to the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers
The College is a select group of lawyers from across the nation, established to honor those who have distinguished themselves in the field of workers’ compensation. Attorney Halstead is one of ten practicing Wisconsin attorneys elected to the College and is entering...
Attorneys Postel and Schroder to Present on Injury Claims to Spanish-Speaking Families
On January 8, 2020, Attorney Postel and Attorney Schroder will give a presentation on personal injury and worker’s compensation claims to the Latinx Parent Group at Madison East High School.
Hawks Quindel Attorneys Named 2019 Wisconsin Super Lawyers
Hawks Quindel, S.C. is proud to announce that our very own Barbara Z. Quindel, Timothy E. Hawks, Katherine L. Charlton, Amy L. Shapiro, Aaron N. Halstead, Nicholas E. Fairweather, William E. Parsons, David Zoeller, Larry Johnson, Summer Murshid, Danielle Schroder,...
Attorney Robles Presenting December 2nd State Bar Webcast on Social Security Disability
Attorney Matthew Robles will be presenting a State Bar of Wisconsin webcast on Social Security disability on Monday, December 2, 2019 from 12:00-1:00 PM. It will be available as a live webcast, and for later on-demand viewing. The presentation is titled "A Social...
Charlton Co-Authors Article on Contract Negotiations for Medical Residents
Attorney Katherine Charlton is a co-author of the article “Contract Negotiations for Senior Trainees," to be published in an upcoming edition of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education, a publication of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The...
Securing Justice When Insult is Added to Injury: The Wisconsin Workers Compensation Act’s Protection Against Wrongful Termination
Wisconsin’s “Refusal to Rehire” Statute In 1975, the Wisconsin legislature enacted section 102.35(3), Wis. Stats, to protected injured employees from the loss of employment following a work injury. As presently comprised, the statute reads as follows: Any employer...
3 Cases Will Clarify LGBT Employment Rights Under Title VII
Clarifying Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Protections Under Title VII 55 years ago this summer, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (CRA) became law. The CRA’s importance in modern civil rights law cannot be overstated: it bans discrimination in employment, among...
La Historia de la Compensación al Trabajador en Wisconsin
¿Por qué tenemos un sistema de compensación al trabajador en Wisconsin? Hace más de 100 años, los trabajadores que se lesionaban en el trabajo en los Estados Unidos no tenían mucha protección legal. Un trabajador lesionado que enfrentaba gastos médicos debido a su...
“Ministerial Exception” Expansion Hurts Employees of Religious Organizations
Seventh Circuit Granting Religious Organizations Significant Deference on Federal Employment Laws Many employees are protected from workplace harassment and discrimination by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), the Age Discrimination in Employment...
Attorney Murshid to Present “Know Your Workplace Rights” Seminar for Local Parents
On September 26, 2019, Attorney Summer Murshid will partner with Little Sprouts Play Café to present a Know Your Rights Workshop for working parents. She will discuss a variety of issues that impact parents in the workplace, including: Pregnant and working:...
Ten Hawks Quindel Attorneys Named in 2019 Wisconsin Best Lawyers
Hawks Quindel, S.C. is pleased to announce that ten of its attorneys have been named to the 2019 Edition of Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. “Best Lawyers is the most effective tool in identifying critical...
Attorney Good to Present on Arrest and Conviction Record Discrimination at 2019 Health, Labor and Employment Law Institute
Attorney Colin B. Good will present “Arrest and Conviction Record Discrimination in Wisconsin” at the Wisconsin State Bar’s Health Labor & Employment Institute on August 15, 2019. The HLE Institute is a two-day program that provides in-depth continuing education...
Employees Rights Choose Their Doctor After a Work Injury
The Right to Choose Your Own Worker’s Compensation Doctor in Wisconsin Unlike most other states, the Wisconsin Worker's Compensation Act provides injured workers in Wisconsin broad rights to choose their own treating practitioners after a work injury. Specifically,...
Lyme Disease and Worker’s Compensation in Wisconsin
Is Lyme Disease Covered By Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation? With deer tick populations on the rise in Wisconsin, the incidence of Lyme disease has sky rocketed. While Wisconsin physicians documented around 350 cases of Lyme in 1990, the WI Division of Public Health...
Liberty Mutual Long Term Disability Claims Now Managed By Lincoln Financial
If Liberty Mutual Insurance has been managing your long term disability insurance, you may have noticed the letterhead on any correspondence regarding your long term disability insurance benefits has changed. If you have a long term disability claim managed by Liberty...
Workplace Rumors Can Lead to Title VII Sexual Discrimination Claim
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently found a sexual discrimination claim rooted in false sexual workplace rumors to be viable under Title VII. This case serves as an instructive case study in sexual discrimination and harassment issues and may inform Wisconsin...
How Permanent Total Disability Benefits Work in Wisconsin
Permanent Total Disability (PTD) Benefits: How Worker’s Compensation Helps Those Who Can No Longer Work Due To a Work Injury Worker’s compensation law provides a category of benefits called “permanent total disability,” or PTD, benefits, for workers who are...