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3 Questions Determine Unemployment Eligibility
In these tough economic times, as the unemployment rate in Wisconsin hovers around 7.8%, more and more families are relying on unemployment benefits to put...
RESTAURANT WORKERS: WHAT YOUR EMPLOYER CAN AND CAN’T DO
Sometimes employers use illegal practices to pay tipped employees (including servers, wait staff, busboys, bartenders, bellhops, counter personnel who serve tipping customers, and valets). After...
Legal and Illegal Employer Paycheck Deductions
Permissible and Impermissible Employer Deductions from Your Paycheck It’s a common theme: your employer approaches you and says that he is deducting wages from your...
WORKERS ARE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES CAUSING LIMP, SCARS, AMPUTATIONS, OR OTHER DISFIGUREMENTS
Insurance companies are required to pay permanent disability benefits to an employee whose work injury has caused permanent pain, partial or complete loss of use...
EMPLOYERS MUST STOP SEXUAL ORIENTATION HARASSMENT
In case there was any doubt, it is now clearly the law that an employer may not allow co-workers to harass an employee on the...
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO TALK TO CO-WORKERS ABOUT YOUR PAY, BENEFITS, WORK POLICIES, AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO YOUR EMPLOYMENT
It is illegal for a private-sector employer to prohibit employees from discussing or taking action together regarding their wages, benefits, or working conditions under the...
HOME HEALTH CARE WORKERS MAY SOON BE ENTITLED TO OVERTIME PAY
A recent Department of Labor Proposal may allow home health care workers to receive time and a half pay for overtime hours worked. Currently, such...
COURTS VIEW AN INSURANCE COMPANY’S CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS A MERE “FACTOR” AMONG MANY WHEN REVIEWING BENEFIT DENIALS
Often, the same disability insurance company that pays your claim for benefits also determines whether it has to pay you benefits at all. Sound like...
DOL ANNOUNCES $715,000 SETTLEMENT IN CALL CENTER INVESTIGATION
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently concluded an investigation of Hilton Reservations Worldwide, LLC, and found that its 2,645 current and former call center employees are...