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Can an Employer Substitute Compensatory Time Off For Cash Overtime Pay?
*Updated 5/3/2017* Under the misleading title of “The Working Families Flexibility Act” (HR 1180), Congressional Republicans are proposing to allow employers to offer private sector employees...
Top Signs Your Long Term Disability Insurance May Be Denied Soon
Signs Your Long Term Disability Claim May Be Denied (And What To Do About It) Have you been receiving long term disability insurance benefits but...
Avoiding Cat-astrophe: Considerations for Divorcing Pet Owners and 3 Tips for a Pawsitive Outcome.
Many pet owners – myself included! – consider their pets to be like family members. Indeed, pet ownership is very common, with approximately 68% of...
Sexual Orientation Discrimination is Sex Discrimination Under Title VII
Seventh Circuit Issues Landmark Decision Concerning Employment Rights for the Gay and Lesbian Community Sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination under Title VII...
WI Family Law Mediators Will Be Allowed to Draft Settlement Documents
Wisconsin Family Law Mediators Will Be Allowed to Draft Settlement Documents Wisconsin family law attorneys who serve as mediators will soon be allowed to draft...
Commissions Payments to Sales Staff Protected by Wisconsin Law
Wisconsin Law Offers Strong Protections to Sales Representatives for Commissions Due to Them An independent sales representative who works to secure a big contract, counting...
Read Your Employment-Related Agreements Carefully: They May Be Unenforceable
Have you signed a noncompetition agreement? A confidentiality agreement? A nonsolicitation of employees’ agreement? Does your employment agreement include one or more of these provisions? ...
EEOC Says Mental Health Conditions are Disabilities
MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE DISABILITIES TOO! The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently published information which clarifies protections afforded to people who suffer from...
New Rules Improve Appeals Process for LTDI Claim Denials
Department of Labor Finalizes New Rules, Improving Long Term Disability Claim Appeal Procedures We previously reported the United States Department of Labor (DOL) had proposed...