Employment Law
Fired for Getting Hurt? How to Handle Employer Retaliation
Fighting Retaliation After a Work Injury When you suffer an injury in the workplace, you want to focus on getting the treatment you need to...
Is Your Non-compete Agreement Legal? Check These 5 Legal Tests
Non-Compete Agreements: Just Because It’s in a Contract Doesn’t Mean It’s Legal Employers are increasingly requiring their employees to sign contracts that include provisions restricting...
Federal Judge Rules “Correlated Conduct” Not Protected Under Federal Employment Law
Update: Texas Federal Judge Rejects EEOC Guidance on Transgender Use of Bathrooms In my blog post, Top Ten Tips for Transgender Employees, I cite guidance...
FMLA Protects Employees’ Rights to Meaningful Work
Federal Court of Appeals Affirms Workers’ Right to Meaningful Work Under FMLA In August 2022, the attorneys at Hawks Quindel, S.C. celebrated a big win...
Law Shifts Against WI Job Applicants with Domestic Violence Record
Court Decision May Result in Fewer Available Jobs for WI Domestic Violence Offenders Prohibition on Arrest and Conviction Record Discrimination in Employment Generally speaking,...
10 Workplace Rights Tips for Transgender Workers
Working While Trans: Ten Tips for Transgender Employees Whether you transitioned years ago or you’re just starting the process, the American workplace can be very...
Wrongful Termination in Wisconsin: When Firing an Employee Violates Public Policy
At-Will Employment in Wisconsin: The General Rule Wisconsin employers fire employees for questionable reasons all the time. Sometimes they fire an employee over a personal...
Title VII Doesn’t Protect Church Staff from Workplace Harassment
Title VII Does Not Protect Gay Organist Harassed & Terminated by Employer Employees of religious organizations who serve in “ministerial” roles are not protected by...
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...