Author Archives: Mary Gemeinhardt

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NLRB Expands Appropriate Bargaining Unit to Include Temporary Workers

In a 3-1 decision issued this week, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) reversed current precedent that prohibited the inclusion of temporary employees along with permanent, or “solely employed,” employees in a bargaining unit absent employer consent, as it returned to the previous standard under M.B. Sturgis, Inc., 331 NLRB 1298 (2000), where no such […]

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LINDNER & MARSACK, S.C. WELCOMES SALLY PIEFER AS PARTNER

Lindner & Marsack, S.C., one of the region’s most respected and long-standing management-side labor and employment law firms, today announced Sally Piefer as the newest addition to the firm’s growing team of leading labor and employment attorneys. Piefer specializes broadly in all aspects of employment law. Our number one job is to help employers navigate […]

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WISCONSIN RIGHT TO WORK LAW REINSTATED

District 3 of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals issued a decision yesterday, May 24, reinstating Wisconsin’s right to work law pending appeal of a Dane County Circuit Court Judge’s decision finding the law to be unconstitutional.  The Court of Appeals held that the Circuit Court erred in not granting a stay pending the appeal of […]

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Department of Labor Issues Final Rule on FLSA Exemptions

By Oyvind Wistrom The U.S. Department of Labor issued its much-anticipated final overtime exemption rule on May 18, 2016, raising the minimum salary threshold required to qualify for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) “white collar” exemptions to $47,476 per year ($913 weekly).  The new salary test will apply to all administrative, professional, executive, outside […]

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