Registration and a continental breakfast will be served beginning at 7:30 a.m. Click here to register. April 28, 2015 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel 375 South Moorland Road Brookfield, Wisconsin This FREE half-day event will address current topics in labor, employment, benefits and worker’s compensation law and provide employers across industries with practical […]
Category Archives: Employee Benefits
Public Employers May Reduce Prospective Retiree Health Insurance Benefits
February 16, 2015 By: Alan M. Levy and Oyvind Wistrom On February 12, 2015 the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that Milwaukee County could eliminate its payment of Medicare Part B premiums for otherwise eligible employees who retired more than three months after its adoption of ordinance amendment to that effect. Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules that Municipalities May Implement Prospective Reductions in Employee Benefits
December 29, 2014 By: Alan M. Levy On December 19, 2014, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued its decision in Stoker v. Milwaukee County and Milwaukee County Pension Board. In 2011, the County had amended its previous ordinance to reduce the multiplier used to calculate the amount of a person’s pension payments from 2% to 1.6% […]
EEOC Challenges Employer Wellness Programs
November 13, 2014 By: Alan M. Levy and Samantha J. Wood The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has recently popularized employer wellness programs. The Department of Labor and Health and Human Services are presenting the ACA as promoting such programs by encouraging employers to offer “rewards” for participation. According to the final regulations, such “rewards” can […]
WI COURT OF APPEALS HOLDS MUNICIPAL EMPLOYERS MAY MODIFY RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS
By: Alan M. Levy On October 1, 2013 the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held that Milwaukee County could eliminate the reimbursement of Medicare Part B premiums for employees who had not retired before that modification took effect on April 1, 2011. Reversing the decision below, the Court held that the Supreme Court’s decision in Loth […]