Barbara Zack Quindel

Ten Hawks Quindel Attorneys Named in 2019 Wisconsin Best Lawyers

Hawks Quindel, S.C. is pleased to announce that ten of its attorneys have been named to the 2019 Edition of Best Lawyers, the oldest and...

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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...

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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...

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Jimmy John’s Employees Organize for Sick Leave

Jimmy John’s employees at ten franchise stores in Minnesota have been trying to organize a union and improve their working conditions. One of their key...

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Employers Cannot Ban Co-Workers from Discussing Pay

Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), non-supervisory private sector employees have a right to discuss their pay and other terms and conditions of employment...

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Hufcor Settles Sexual Harassment & Retaliation Suit for $120K

Hawks Quindel Teams with EEOC to Challenge Discrimination Hufcor, Inc. of Janesville, Wisconsin, will pay $120,000 and provide other relief under a consent decree entered...

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Employees Have Legal Access to Personnel Records Under Wisconsin Law

When employees seek advice about an employment action – whether a denial of promotion, unfair discipline or evaluation, or termination – it is important to...

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Health Care Worker Protection Act Protects WI Workers From Employer Retaliation

Under Wisconsin’s Health Care Worker Protection Act (Wis. Stat. §146.997), an employee of a health care facility (e.g. hospital or nursing home) or health care...

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COURT GRANTS INDONESIAN UNION INTERVENTION IN UW LAWSUIT TO HOLD ADIDAS ACCOUNTABLE FOR COMPENSATION OWED INDONESIAN WORKERS

Over the past several decades, many large apparel companies have “offshored” production to countries in the developing world to reduce labor costs. In the 1990’s,...

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