Employment Law
Health Care Worker Protection Act Protects WI Workers From Employer Retaliation
Under Wisconsin’s Health Care Worker Protection Act (Wis. Stat. §146.997), an employee of a health care facility (e.g. hospital or nursing home) or health care...
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...
Fired Over Facebook Posts? Check Your Rights
Employees often get into trouble with their employers for posts on social media sites, and sometimes employees are even fired over Facebook or Twitter posts....
THE WISCONSIN FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT AND THE FEDERAL FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT – WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
This month we observe the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). That law extended, to employees throughout...
I’M DISABLED. WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS CAN I ASK FOR FROM MY EMPLOYER?
1. What constitutes a “disability”? Under federal law, a disability is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities...
RETALIATION CLAIMS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an...
I’VE BEEN FIRED AND MY EX-EMPLOYER CLAIMS THAT I COMMITTED FMLA FRAUD. WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS?
A recent federal appeals court decision emphasizes the need for employees to be forthright and honest when exercising their rights to leave under the federal...
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...
WHAT IS THE LILLY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT & WHY MIGHT IT MATTER TO YOU?
If you watched or read about the Presidential debates, you heard President Obama tout the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 as an important...