by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Sep 13, 2017 | Barbara Zack Quindel, Employment Law, Labor Law, Michele Sumara
NLRB Overturns Firing Based on Facebook Post Federal Law Protects Employee Concerted Activities on Social Media In 2012, a former employee of Butler Medical Transport, in Maryland, posted on Facebook about the circumstances of her termination, contesting it was...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Jan 3, 2017 | Barbara Zack Quindel, Labor Law, Michele Sumara
Jimmy John’s employees at ten franchise stores in Minnesota have been trying to organize a union and improve their working conditions. One of their key demands was paid sick leave. The employer even enforced an attendance policy that assigned points towards discipline...
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 Barbara Zack Quindel | Sep 2, 2016 | Barbara Zack Quindel, Labor Law
Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), non-supervisory private sector employees have a right to discuss their pay and other terms and conditions of employment with their fellow employees and with union organizers. A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals...
by Timothy Hawks | Jun 28, 2016 | Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Labor Law, Timothy Hawks
Dane County Trial Court Strikes Down Wisconsin’s Right to Work Law In the Summer 2015 edition of the Messenger, I discussed Wisconsin’s new Right to Work Law and several concepts that form the backbone of national private sector labor law. A brief reprise of two of...
by Timothy Hawks | Jul 17, 2015 | Labor Law, Timothy Hawks
2015 Wisconsin Act 1 is commonly referred to as Wisconsin’s “Right to Work” legislative reform. Technically, the statutory revision was simple. Wis. Stat. § 111.06(1), which prohibited employers from deducting dues from an employee’s paycheck unless the employee...
