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The Wage and Hour Protections You Thought You Had
Many workers are shocked to learn how few protections Wisconsin or federal employment laws afford them in the workplace. The arena of wage and hour...
NLRB Holds Its Ground on Illegality of Mandatory Individual Arbitration
Big companies have been imposing mandatory individual arbitration on consumers and employees for years. But the corporate motivation behind individual arbitration and its detrimental impact...
Legal Separation vs. Divorce In Wisconsin – What’s The Difference?
If you are ending your relationship with your spouse, you may wonder whether legal separation or divorce is the right choice. You may be surprised...
Halstead Guest on La Movida Radio to Discuss Rights Under Worker’s Compensation Laws
On October 27, WMLV La Movida Radio 1480 AM again hosted Attorney Aaron Halstead, Of Counsel, on El Debate, a one hour Spanish talk show...
Basics of Bad Faith and Delay in Payment Penalties Under Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation
Worker’s compensation insurance companies frequently deny claims, and not always for good reasons. Wisconsin worker’s compensation law, however, provides some basic protections by penalizing insurance...
Does an Employer Owe Severance Pay if They Fire You?
Workers who have recently been laid off or fired often wonder if they are entitled to “severance pay” or a “severance package,” generically defined as...
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...
Happy Labor Day!? 7th Circuit Upholds NLRB Ruling Against Anti-Union Activity by AutoNation
On the Friday before Labor Day weekend, the Seventh Circuit upheld a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) ruling that AutoNation Inc., the largest automotive retailer...
When Is Someone an Employee?
Whether someone should be classified as an employee, as opposed to an independent contractor or subcontractor, has been a longstanding legal question in the workplace....