Nicholas Fairweather
Garrity Rights: A Public Employee’s Right Against Self-Incrimination During Employment Investigations
As union representation of public employees erodes in Wisconsin, it becomes even more imperative that public employees understand their workplace rights. This is especially true...
Hawks Quindel Sponsoring and Participating in 2014 NAMI Dane County
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) strives to improve the lives of people living with mental health issues in the United States by advocating...
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...
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issues Pregnancy Discrimination Guidance
For the first time since 1983, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has issued guidance on the interpretation and enforcement of federal laws...
Wisconsin Supreme Court May Decide Whether Continued Employment Is Adequate Consideration for a Non-Compete Agreement
When an employer asks an existing employee to sign a non-compete agreement, Wisconsin law requires the employer to offer some sort of “consideration,” or valuable...
Attorney Fairweather to Present for State Bar of Wisconsin Continuing Legal Education Seminar
Attorney Nicholas Fairweather will present on Case Planning Under new Legislation and Recent Case Law for the State Bar of Wisconsin Continuing Legal Education seminar...
Wisconsin Age Discrimination Claim Survives Employer Request for Summary Judgment
Many employment discrimination cases are dismissed from court via “summary judgment,” where the court finds no evidence to suggesting a factual dispute or a violation...
Attorney Fairweather to Present at Employment Law Seminar
On April 23, 2014, Attorney Nicholas Fairweather will discuss The Affordable Care Act and Other Developments in Employment Law at a seminar titled “Human Resource...
Employers Cannot Ask Their Employees to Provide Family Medical History
On January 13, 2014, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), announced the resolution of a lawsuit it brought against a New York nursing and...