Katherine Charlton
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...
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? ...
WI Supreme Court Decision May Weaken Whistleblower Law
Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision Substantially Limits Whistleblower Protection Under Wisconsin State Law Whistleblower protections for public sector employees may be significantly reduced as a consequence...
Seventh Circuit Finds Employee Restrictive Covenants in a Highly Competitive Industry Unenforceable
With increasing frequency, employers ask new hires to sign restrictive covenants, contracts designed to limit an employee’s ability to compete with the employer when the...
Is Your Employer Monitoring Your Activities During Off-Work Time?
A California sales executive filed a lawsuit on May 5, 2015, challenging her termination from employment after she disabled a GPS tracking device on her...
Employers May Not Require Employees or Applicants To Give Them Access to Personal Social Media Accounts
Effective April 9, 2014, Act 208 prohibits employers, regardless of size, and including the State of Wisconsin, from requiring employees or applicants to provide passwords...
Retired Employee Will Receive Retiree Health Benefits Despite Employer’s Resistance
As baby boomers seek to exercise rights under employer-provided retiree health insurance plans, they may face resistance from employers who seek to reduce their fringe...
Length of Employment May Affect Whether A Non-Compete Agreement is Enforceable
When the length of time an employee works for an employer is significantly shorter than the length of the term the employee may not compete...
PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO TIME LIMITS….THEY MAY DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOUR CLAIM CAN GO FORWARD IN COURT
Time limits matter, and can be determinative of whether or not a claim is heard by a court. The District IV Court of Appeals recently...