Registration and a continental breakfast will be served beginning at 7:30 a.m. Click here to register. WHEN: April 14, 2016 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. WHERE: Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel 375 South Moorland Road Brookfield, WI This FREE half-day event will address current topics in labor, employment, benefits & worker’s compensation law and provide employers […]
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THE SUPREME COURT DENIES ERISA PLAN’S RIGHT TO REIMBURSEMENT
February 10, 2016 By: Jenna K. Leslie On January 20, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that a self-funded ERISA plan could not seek reimbursement for health insurance benefits from a participant who prevailed in a lawsuit against a third party if the settlement or award had been spent or comingled into the participant’s general […]
SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR ANNUAL COMPLIANCE/BEST PRACTICES SEMINAR!
Please mark your calendar for Lindner & Marsack, S.C.’s Annual Compliance/Best Practices Seminar! WHEN: April 14, 2016 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. WHERE: Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel 375 South Moorland Road Brookfield, WI This FREE half-day event will address current topics in labor, employment, benefits & worker’s compensation law and provide employers across industries with […]
NEW PAY TRANSPARENCY RULES ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS
By: Laurie A. Petersen and Samantha J. Wood On January 11, 2016, the final rule implementing Executive Order 13665 went into effect. This rule makes it unlawful for federal contractors to discharge or discriminate in any manner against any employee or job applicant because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed his […]
2016 Worker’s Compensation Gamble
Lindner & Marsack’s worker’s compensation defense practice is well recognized as an industry leader in providing work injury defense services to many of Wisconsin’s largest employers and insurance carriers. Doug Feldman heads the Firm’s highly regarded work injury defense team and is a founding Board Member and current President of Kids’ Chance of Wisconsin. Kids’ […]
New Lease Anchors Lindner & Marsack in Downtown Milwaukee through 2023
With the recent signing of a new lease, Lindner & Marsack will remain in our current downtown Milwaukee location through at least 2023. The Firm has been located at 411 East Wisconsin Avenue, a 30-story, Class A office tower, since 1989, and has occupied its current space on the 18th floor since 2003. The building […]
Awaiting The Implementation Of The Overtime Regulations…
By: Laurie A. Petersen and Samantha J. Wood Employers continue to question when the Department of Labor (“DOL”) will finalize the changes to the Fair Labor Standard Act’s overtime regulations. Because the comment period ended on September 4, 2015, it was previously expected that the DOL would issue a final rule in early 2016. However, […]
Lindner & Marsack Successfully Represents Local School District in Federal Court
As labor and employment attorneys, we often sound like broken records in counselling our clients on the importance of documenting the performance deficiencies of poor performing employees. It cannot be overstated how compelling strong and contemporaneous documentation can be to demonstrate the actual reason an employer disciplines, demotes or terminates an employee who is not […]
2015 Super Lawyers
Lindner & Marsack, S.C. proudly announces that nine of its seventeen attorneys have been acknowledged as 2015 Super Lawyers or Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine. While the designation of Super Lawyer is reserved to only the top 5% of lawyers in the State of Wisconsin, this represents the third consecutive year in which over […]
Major Changes to the Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation System Ahead!
By: Chelsie D. Springstead The Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Advisory Council was created to advise the Department and Legislature on policy matters concerning the development and administration of Wisconsin’s worker’s compensation system. The Advisory Council is comprised of an equal number of voting members from labor and management, along with non-voting representatives from the insurance industry, […]