By: Daniel Finerty The U.S. Department of Labor has updated its guidance on penalty and debt collection procedures in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Field Operations Manual in an effort to minimize the burden on small businesses and increase prompt hazard abatement in response to cited conditions. The goal of the modification is to separate out […]
By: Joseph D. Birdsall On July 3, 2025, the Wisconsin Legislature passed Wisconsin’s biennial budget bill. Governor Evers signed the bill into law the same day. Included in the budget bill is a provision establishing a fee schedule for worker’s compensation medical bills generated by Wisconsin hospitals. This is a favorable development for employers and […]
By: Luis Padilla On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law a budget and reconciliation package known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The following are provisions of interest that will have an Employee/Employer impact. Family and Medical Leave Credits: the paid family and medical leave credit established under the Tax Cuts […]
Lindner & Marsack, S.C., one of the region’s most respected and long-standing management-side labor and employment law firms, announced that Luis Padilla, Jr. has joined the firm as a Partner. Padilla will practice out of Lindner & Marsack’s Milwaukee office. Padilla brings decades of experience in management-side labor relations, having led internal labor and employment […]
Registration is open for the 2025 National Worker’s Compensation Defense Network conference on September 24-25, 2025, hosted at the iconic Radisson Blue Aqua in downtown Chicago! Lindner & Marsack is proud to be a founding member of NWCDN where Attorney Chelsie Springstead currently serves as the Treasurer and both Chelsie Springstead and Melissa Stone are part of the […]
We would like to congratulate Samantha Wood, attorney at Lindner & Marsack, S.C., on her recent publication in Wisconsin Lawyer. Her article, “Leveraging Immigration to Address Labor Shortages,” provides timely and essential guidance for employers navigating workforce challenges in today’s tight labor market. Samantha explores how nonimmigrant visa programs—such as H-1B, TN, L-1, R-1, O-1, […]
Please join us on May 8, 2025, in supporting the Kids’ Chance of Wisconsin organization at our annual half-day conference! Lindner & Marsack is a proud sponsor and founding member and partner of Kids’ Chance of Wisconsin. Our own Chelsie Springstead is the current President-Elect and will be speaking at this year’s event. We are […]
By: Alexandra (Sasha) Chepov As indicated in our February 2025 E-Alert, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” which revoked Executive Order 11246’s affirmative action requirements (hereinafter referred to as the “Executive Order”). Almost immediately after signing the Executive Order, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher […]
By: Samantha J. Wood February 12, 2025 On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” This Order revokes Executive Order 11246 (signed in 1965), which historically required federal contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action initiatives to ensure applicants and employees were treated without regard […]
By: Samantha J. Wood January 31, 2025 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a new regulation to modernize and improve the H‑1B program, a visa program commonly used by U.S. employers to temporarily hire foreign workers for specialized occupations. The new regulation took effect on January 17, 2025. The intent of the H-1B […]