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Transgender Employee Rights Protected by Title VII in Sixth Circuit
Transgender Employee’s Rights Protected As Sex Discrimination Under Title VII The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important decision in March 2018 concerning the...
Supreme Court of Wisconsin Ices Manitowoc Company’s Non-Solicitation of Employees Provision, Lifts Engineer to Victory
As we’ve written about in the past, the Wisconsin Legislature and the Supreme Court of Wisconsin have restricted employers’ attempts to limit the activities of...
Disability Questions a Prospective Employer May Not Ask Job Applicants
Disability Discrimination in the Workplace: What Prospective Employers Can and Cannot Ask About Your Disability You may have been asked these or similar questions on...
Occupational Diseases and Workers Compensation After Retirement in WI
Worker’s Compensation Claims Related to Occupational Diseases After Retirement When a work-related disease develops over time and results in the death or disability of a...
WI FLSA Requires Employers to Pay Employees for Short Breaks
Court Rules Employers Must Pay for Short Breaks As we have previously noted on this blog, federal and Wisconsin laws do not require employers to...
Changes to WI ETF Disability Benefits Programs Begin in 2018
Starting January 1, 2018, the WI Dept of Employee Trust Funds will no longer offer a Long Term Disability Insurance program. Instead, it will continue...
Attorney Matt Robles Featured in Fall 2017 Issue of The Verdict
Hawks Quindel Worker’s Compensation attorney Matt Robles authored an article explaining how attorneys can maximize benefits for clients in protective occupations.
Estate Planning Considerations After a Divorce
A divorce significantly impacts many aspects of your life, including your estate plan. After the divorce is finalized, plan to revisit your estate plan to...
Sexual Harassment at Work – Wisconsin Legal Standards
Confronting Sexual Harassment in the Workplace in Wisconsin Stories about sexual harassment in the workplace have been in the news recently, as a litany of...