By: Chelsie D. Springstead The much-anticipated changes to the Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Act were signed by Governor Walker on February 29, 2016 and went into effect yesterday – March 2, 2016! Please see the Act 180 Statutory Language and Act 180 Plain Language Summary of the bill which is now in effect. I have summarized a few of the […]
Register Now for the 5th Annual Worker’s Compensation Spring Symposium! The Lindner & Marsack worker’s compensation team has been recognized by U.S. News and World Reports as one of the nation’s preeminent worker’s compensation defense practices. You now have the opportunity to join our first tier ranked team for a half-day morning worker’s compensation seminar we […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]