by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Aug 6, 2018 | Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Firm News, Social Security Disability, Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
The Wisconsin Law Journal has selected Hawks Quindel’s Timothy P. Maynard as one Wisconsin’s Up and Coming Lawyers for 2018. Each year, the Wisconsin Law Journal selects it Up and Coming Lawyers honorees based on their “determination – in legal work, in community...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Dec 15, 2017 | Firm News, Larry Johnson, Summer Murshid, Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted final approval today of a $493,984.81 class action settlement against SDX Home Care Operations LLC. The settlement provides unpaid wages to 961 Home Care Workers, Personal Care Workers,...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Jul 14, 2017 | Claire Roehre, Larry Johnson, Summer Murshid, Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
Attorneys from Hawks Quindel, S.C. and Water Street Brewery have agreed to settle a class action for $825,000 brought by servers to resolve allegations of violations of wage and hour laws. The lawsuit, filed on November 29, 2016, alleged that Water Street Brewery...
by Timothy Maynard | Jun 9, 2017 | Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
Both Wisconsin law and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) contain exemptions from overtime pay requirements for certain employees meeting the definition of executive, administrative, or professional employees. See generally Wis. Admin. Code § DWD 274.04; see...
by Timothy Maynard | Nov 21, 2016 | Employment Law, Labor Law, Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
In May 2016, the Seventh Circuit weighed in on a topic that has been at the forefront of employment and labor law in recent years: Whether employers may use arbitration agreements to strip their employees of the right to move forward on a collective, class, or...
by Timothy Maynard | Sep 30, 2016 | Employment Law, Timothy Maynard
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced it will issue a final rule to implement Executive Order 13706, which provides paid sick leave to federal contractors, on September 30, 2016. The DOL’s final rule comes a little more than a year after Executive Order 13706 was...
