Walcheske & Luzi Employment Law Blog
NON-SCHEDULED INJURIES – AREN’T THEY ALL?
If you read our last blog on Worker’s Compensation, we’re sure that you have an inkling that the meaning of the term “Non-scheduled Injury” in the legal sense is vastly different from the everyday sense. But, as you know, and as only Mandy Patinkin in “The Princess...
read moreDonald Trump and the EEOC Part II
What does Donald Trump have in common with the EEOC? Not a question you might anticipate reading, huh? Well, the answer is that each has taken time to remind employers about national origin discrimination. For Donald Trump, this comes through the firestorm raised over...
read moreWHAT “SCHEDULED INJURY?” I DIDN’T PLAN ON BEING INJURED!
Regardless of whether you’ve ever heard the term “Scheduled Injury,” particularly if you were the one who suffered that injury, we’re confident that you did not look at your calendar and decide that a certain date was juuuuuuuust right to pencil in a workplace injury....
read moreWorkers’ Compensation Awards: Why Are They Often Less Than Personal Injury Awards?
I am sure most of you have stayed up late at night watching a Brewers/Bucks/Packers/Badgers/Golden Eagles game and seen celebrities espousing the wonderful service of a local law firm. Or maybe you are lucky enough to have memorized one of the rhyming catchphrases...
read moreBig Decisions from the Big Court: Employer Policies Determine “Misconduct” and The Inference Method of Causation Gets Tweaked
Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court rendered two landscape-altering* decisions (*in my world). First, it held in Wisconsin DWD v. Wisconsin LIRC and Beres that if an employee violates an employer’s written absenteeism policy, that employee engages in “misconduct” and...
read moreAttorney Tobin Quoted in the Journal Sentinel
"When Matthew Tobin was a young child, he said he was taught to be a man for others. The Wauwatosa native went to St. Bernard Catholic School and graduated from Marquette University High School. “If you’re not in some part of your life living for others, you’re not...
read moreThe Department of Labor’s FMLA Forms Expired! Now What?
Unless you’ve recently had an employee request Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, you may not have noticed that the Department of Labor’s (DOL) FMLA forms expired on June 1, 2018. What does this mean, you curiously ask? THE FMLA IS DEAD! WE’RE GOING...
read moreSCOTUS’s Epic Decision – Arbitration Trumps National Labor Relations Act
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that employers can force their employees to arbitrate disputes individually, rather than allow them to proceed together in a class-action lawsuit. Although that may not seem very “sexy,” it could significantly...
read moreIs It Time For Your Employees To Get PAID?
Is It Time For Your Employees To Get PAID? Posted by Walcheske & Luzi, LLC - March 16, 2018 - Wisconsin Employment Law Blog If you are in the legal industry, follow trends in labor and employment law, and/or have been to one of our come to Jesus sessions seminars,...
read moreU.S. Supreme Court Narrows Scope of “Whistleblower” Under Dodd-Frank
Yesterday, February 21st, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers that employees must complain to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in order to qualify as “whistleblowers” under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...
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