Erica Reib

Employment LawScene Alert: Your Arbitration Agreements with Employees May Be Invalid

Last week, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision stating that class waivers in arbitration agreements for employees…

9 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: New OSHA Anti-Retaliation Provision Requires Employers to Rethink Their Safety-Related Policies

Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finalized new record-keeping and reporting rules that require certain employers to…

9 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Wisconsin to Implement Drug Testing Rules for Unemployment Recipients

On Wednesday, May 4, 2016, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker approved an emergency rule submitted by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce…

9 years ago

Wisconsin Court of Appeals Issues Decision on Meaning of “Substantial Fault” in Unemployment

This week, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals issued an important ruling on what “substantial fault” means in the context of…

9 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Wisconsin Enacts Law on Franchisor Joint Employer Liability

Although federal administrative agencies such as the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Department…

9 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Wisconsin Supreme Court Issues Donning and Doffing Decision

On March 1, 2016, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a decision in United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 1473…

9 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: How Wisconsin’s Knife Law Reform Impacts Employers

On February 7, 2016, 2015 Assembly Bill 142 became law, amending the Wisconsin Statutes related to how knives are, among…

9 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: EEOC Issues Draft Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues

Recently, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published Draft Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation and Related Issues in order…

9 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: IRS Delays Affordable Care Act Reporting

On December 28, 2015, the IRS extended the deadlines for insurers, self-insuring employers, other coverage providers, and applicable large employers…

9 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Seventh Circuit Rules That EEOC Must Try to Resolve Disputes Through Conciliation Before Filing Suit

On December 17, 2015, the Seventh Circuit held in EEOC v. CVS Pharmacy Inc. that the EEOC was required to…

9 years ago