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La Fuente Restaurant Class Action Settlement On Behalf Of Waiters and Waitresses Approved By Court
Judge Rudolph T. Randa of the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted final approval of a $235,000 class action settlement on behalf of waiters and waitresses...
Court Grants Final Approval For Settlement On Behalf Of Security Officers Required To Attend Unpaid Training
Judge William Conley has granted final approval to a $150,000 settlement on behalf of security officers working for Total Security Management in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana,...
Class Actions Can Challenge Discriminatory Job Practices
Sometimes workplace discrimination is not obvious or intentional. In some cases, discrimination results from a seemingly neutral policy that, in fact, serves to discriminate a...
Workplace Rights for Employees Suffering from Mental Health Illness
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found about 1 in 4 Americans experience mental health issues each year. About one in 17 Americans lives...
Employment Protections for Victims of Domestic Abuse in Wisconsin
In the wake of the high profile case regarding football player Ray Rice and a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control indicating that...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Decides Injured Worker Can Be Forced to Accept Settlement from Third Party Who Caused His Injuries
In one of the last opinions issued during its most recent term, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that a circuit court can allow a worker’s...
Court allows sales representatives in Wyndham’s Wisconsin Dells location to pursue off the clock claims collectively
The attorneys at Hawks Quindel and Nichols Kaster announce a significant development in an unpaid wage class action brought on behalf of sales representatives employed...
Does A Mental Health Limitation Apply To Your Claim For Long-Term Disability Insurance Benefits?
As we have written about previously, mental health issues can be as debilitating as those affecting a worker’s physical health. When a suffering worker files...
Fair Credit Reporting Act Protects Applicant Rights On Credit Checks
In the current economy, job-seekers often must jump through multiple hoops to get hired. One way employers may weed out job candidates is by subjecting...