by Timothy Maynard | Jun 9, 2017 | Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
Both Wisconsin law and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) contain exemptions from overtime pay requirements for certain employees meeting the definition of executive, administrative, or professional employees. See generally Wis. Admin. Code § DWD 274.04; see...
by Barbara Zack Quindel | May 3, 2017 | Barbara Zack Quindel, Wage and Hour Law
*Updated 5/3/2017* Under the misleading title of “The Working Families Flexibility Act” (HR 1180), Congressional Republicans are proposing to allow employers to offer private sector employees compensatory time off instead of paying them time and a half for the...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Feb 28, 2017 | Wage and Hour Law
Wisconsin Law Offers Strong Protections to Sales Representatives for Commissions Due to Them An independent sales representative who works to secure a big contract, counting on receiving a commission, may be blindsided when the principal changes the terms of the...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Dec 30, 2016 | Caitlin Madden, David Zoeller, Firm News, Wage and Hour Law, William Parsons
On December 29, 2016, Judge William Conley certified a class of In House Sales Representatives who worked for Wyndham Vacation Resorts in the Wisconsin Dells to proceed as a class action in their claim for unpaid overtime. The Sales Representatives allege that they...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Dec 2, 2016 | Caitlin Madden, Firm News, News and Victories, Wage and Hour Law
Schultz, K. v. EPIC Systems Corporation Case No. 16-cv-797 Hawks Quindel, along with Habush Habush & Rottier, has filed a collective and class action complaint on behalf of Quality Assurance workers employed by Epic Systems Corporation (“Epic”). These employees...
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...
