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Applying for WI Unemployment Benefits – Summer 2021 Update
Another 2021 Unemployment Update: The American Rescue Plan Act and Beyond While Wisconsinites are beginning to see the light at the end of the COVID-19...
Feds Keep “Economic Realities” in Employee vs Contractor Test
Employee or Independent Contractor? Department of Labor Will Keep “Economic Reality” Test The federal Department of Labor announced this week that it would withdraw a...
Physician Employment Agreements – What Doctors Need to Know
Physician Employment Mobility: Options & Constraints Under Your Physician Employment Agreement If you are a doctor considering a change in employment, the contract you signed...
COBRA Health Insurance Subsidies Under 2021 American Rescue Plan
2021 American Rescue Plan Offers COBRA Continuation Coverage Subsidies On March 11, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA),...
How to Correctly Claim the Child Tax Credit After a Divorce
How Divorcing Couples Should Claim the Child Tax Credit For parents going through a divorce, the issues involved in separating a household are numerous, ranging...
Wisconsin Legislature Reforms Mental Injury Standard for Police and Firefighter PTSD Claims
Non-Traumatic Mental Injuries Under Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation A non-traumatic mental injury is a psychological injury a worker sustains in the course of his or her...
HIPAA Allows Most Employers to Share Private Employee Medical Info
I often receive calls from current and former employees concerned that an employer has violated their HIPAA rights. HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and...
Anticipating Medicaid Liens in Denied Worker’s Compensation Cases
Using Medicaid to Cover Medical Treatment After Your Worker’s Compensation Claim is Denied If your employer’s worker’s compensation carrier concedes liability for a work injury,...
Biometric Employee Data and Wisconsin Employment Law
Biometric Screening By Employers Can Pose Significant Threats to Workplace Privacy Employers increasingly use biometric screening as their preferred security option for employee access to...