Discipline and Termination

Employment LawScene Alert: Documentation Matters!

If you call your employment lawyer and tell her that you want to terminate an employee for performance issues, one…

5 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Ruling on Marquette Professor Contains Lessons for Private Employers

On Friday, July 6, 2018, the Wisconsin Supreme Court determined that Marquette University had breached its contract with tenured professor…

6 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: How FMLA Leave Should—and Should Not—Affect Your Employees’ Performance Evaluations

Under the Family Medical Leave Act, employers are not permitted to take an employee’s FMLA-protected absences into consideration when making…

10 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Wisconsin Passes Social Media Protection Act – How Will it Affect Your Employment Practices?

On April 8, 2014, Governor Scott Walker signed into law the Wisconsin Social Media Protection Act (the “Act”). 2013 Wisconsin…

11 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Should You Change Your Workplace Policies to Address E-Cigarettes?

As “e-cigarettes” grow in popularity, employers must decide how to address the use of e-cigarettes in the workplace. Electronic cigarettes…

11 years ago

Will Wisconsin be Next to Ban Employers from Accessing Employee Social Media Accounts?

Wisconsin may soon join fourteen other states that have adopted laws prohibiting employers from requesting usernames and passwords to access…

11 years ago