by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Oct 21, 2016 | Attorneys, Firm News, News and Victories, Wage and Hour Law
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 presentation, entitled “The New Overtime Rule or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Change,”...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Aug 23, 2016 | Firm News, Michele Sumara, News and Victories, Richard Saks, Wage and Hour Law
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, seeking payment of two months’ unpaid wages for the school’s employees at the close of the...
by David Zoeller | Mar 7, 2016 | David Zoeller, Wage and Hour Law
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 to recover wages from a broader group than what most people understand to be their “employer.” Examples of “Joint...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Feb 10, 2016 | Caitlin Madden, Employment Law, Wage and Hour Law
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, or other personal leave throughout their employment, they may be entitled to have that leave paid...
by Larry Johnson | Jan 8, 2016 | Larry Johnson, Wage and Hour Law
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 is no end to some employers’ creative attempts to cut corners. As one company and its owner recently found out, cutting...
by David Zoeller | Dec 14, 2015 | David Zoeller, Wage and Hour Law
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 laws is no different. Workers, and perhaps some employers, assume that the law protects most wage and hour abuses. The...
