Employment Law
“Ministerial Exception” Expansion Hurts Employees of Religious Organizations
Seventh Circuit Granting Religious Organizations Significant Deference on Federal Employment Laws Many employees are protected from workplace harassment and discrimination by Title VII of the...
Health Insurers Must Cover Mental Health Issues Properly
Court Addresses the Illegal Denial of Coverage for Mental Health Treatment Last month, a California federal judge ruled insurer United Behavioral Health (UBH), a subsidiary...
Attorney Larry Johnson to Speak at Milwaukee Bar Association Event on April 24
Attorney Larry Johnson – a shareholder in Hawks Quindel’s Milwaukee office – will join Attorney Sarah Platt of Ogletree, Deakins, Smoak, Stewart P.C. in presenting...
Intermittent FMLA Work Leave – Protections & Responsibilities
Navigating Intermittent FMLA Leave The Family and Medical Leave Act allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per 12 month...
Can You Take Work Leave for the Flu Under FMLA? Find Out Here
Your Right to Take Time Off of Work For the Flu Flu season is upon us. And unfortunately, even the healthiest practices cannot always prevent...
Transgender Employee Rights Protected by Title VII in Sixth Circuit
Transgender Employee’s Rights Protected As Sex Discrimination Under Title VII The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important decision in March 2018 concerning the...
Supreme Court of Wisconsin Ices Manitowoc Company’s Non-Solicitation of Employees Provision, Lifts Engineer to Victory
As we’ve written about in the past, the Wisconsin Legislature and the Supreme Court of Wisconsin have restricted employers’ attempts to limit the activities of...
Disability Questions a Prospective Employer May Not Ask Job Applicants
Disability Discrimination in the Workplace: What Prospective Employers Can and Cannot Ask About Your Disability You may have been asked these or similar questions on...
Sexual Harassment at Work – Wisconsin Legal Standards
Confronting Sexual Harassment in the Workplace in Wisconsin Stories about sexual harassment in the workplace have been in the news recently, as a litany of...