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Labor Board Overturns Dismissal Due To Facebook Post
NLRB Overturns Firing Based on Facebook Post Federal Law Protects Employee Concerted Activities on Social Media In 2012, a former employee of Butler Medical...
What Protections do Transgender Employees and Job Applicants Have in Wisconsin?
In Wisconsin, an amalgam of federal, state, and sometimes municipal laws protect employees from employment discrimination. Unfortunately, individuals who are transgender often find themselves excluded...
Debt Collectors May Not Use Robocalls to Harass Consumers
Federal law prohibits debt collectors from using autodialers to contact consumers on their cellphones without prior express consent.
Water Street Brewery Settles Class Action Lawsuit for $825,000
Attorneys from Hawks Quindel, S.C. and Water Street Brewery have agreed to settle a class action for $825,000 brought by servers to resolve allegations of...
Six Issues in Settling Long Term Disability Claims
After the appeals process, you and your attorney will likely attempt to settle your LTDI case with the insurer. Prepare yourself for the six common...
Additional Protection Against Retaliation For Immigrant Workers
Ninth Circuit Says: Undocumented Laborer Can Sue Employer’s Lawyer for Retaliation Pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 215(a)(3) of the Fair Labor Standards Act it is...
Attorney Aaron Halstead, “Refusal to Rehire” Expert
Generally, Wisconsin’s “at will” employment doctrine allows an employer to legally fire an employee at any time, for most any reason. After an on-the-job work...
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...
Detangling Wisconsin’s White-Collar Exemptions to Overtime Pay from those of the Fair Labor Standards Act
Both Wisconsin law and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) contain exemptions from overtime pay requirements for certain employees meeting the definition of executive,...