Wage and Hour Law
7th Circuit Limits Employers’ Arbitration Agreements from Preventing Employee Concerted Activity
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:...
Attorney Carlson to Lead Training Session on New Overtime Rule at Center for Change
Attorney Lara Carlson will lead a training session at the Center for Change, sponsored by Community Shares of Wisconsin, on October 26, 2016. Attorney Carlson’s...
HQ Attorneys Richard Saks and Michele Sumara Commence a Lawsuit against Milwaukee Voucher School for Unpaid Wages
Hawks Quindel attorneys Michele Sumara and Richard Saks have commenced a lawsuit against a Milwaukee voucher school, Travis Academy, and its wealthy owner, Dorothy Travis-Moore,...
Are You My Employer? Identifying ALL Employers in Wage & Hour Claims
The federal law which mandates overtime and minimum wages for most workers, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), is unique in that it allows employees...
Compensation for Unused Leave and Commissions
When an employment relationship ends, voluntarily or otherwise, employees typically want to receive all pay owed to them. If employees have accrued sick leave, vacation,...
Unpaid bathroom breaks? Clearly a bad – and illegal – idea.
Just when you thought the race to cut labor costs couldn’t get any more ridiculous, a lawsuit brought by the Department of Labor proves there...
The Wage and Hour Protections You Thought You Had
Many workers are shocked to learn how few protections Wisconsin or federal employment laws afford them in the workplace. The arena of wage and hour...
NLRB Holds Its Ground on Illegality of Mandatory Individual Arbitration
Big companies have been imposing mandatory individual arbitration on consumers and employees for years. But the corporate motivation behind individual arbitration and its detrimental impact...
Wage Lawsuit against NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks Featured on Good Morning America
Yesterday, Good Morning America featured a story about a lawsuit brought against the Milwaukee Bucks which alleges that the NBA franchise failed to pay their dancers...