Wisconsin Law

Employment LawScene Alert: IRS Announces 2018 FSA, Transportation, and Employee Benefit Plan Limits

The Internal Revenue Service has released the cost-of-living adjustments to the dollar limits under various employer-sponsored benefit plans for 2018.…

7 years ago

Seventh Circuit Upholds Wisconsin Right-to-Work

In March 2015, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed Right-to-Work legislation into law, which allowed workers covered by union representation to…

7 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: What President Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Could Mean for Employers

On January 31, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to fill…

8 years ago

Federal Court Holds Wisconsin’s Right-to-Work 30-day Revocation Provision Unconstitutional

Wisconsin’s Right-to-Work law provides employees the ability to choose as to whether they want to become or remain members of…

8 years ago

Executive Order Affirms Commitment to Repeal the ACA; Makes No Immediate Changes for Employers

Within hours of being sworn in on Friday, January 20, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order (the Order), that…

8 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Voting Leave – What Wisconsin Employers Need to Know

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 is Election Day. While there is no federal law that requires employers to grant employees leave…

8 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Wisconsin Court of Appeals Finds Nonsolicitation of Employees Provision Unenforceable Under Restrictive Covenant Statute

In Manitowoc Co. v. Lanning, 2015AP1530 (Aug. 17, 2016), the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled—for the first time—that Wisconsin Statute §…

8 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: Dane County Judge Finds Right-to-Work Law Unconstitutional

On March 9, 2015, Governor Scott Walker signed Act 1 (Wisconsin’s Right-to-Work legislation) into law, which allows workers covered by…

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