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: Sally A. Piefer Non-compete and non-solicitation agreements are relatively commonplace in the employment context. However, these agreements have been under increasing attack by state legislatures across the country. Shortly after President Biden took office, he issued an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy and encouraged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to […]
By Oyvind Wistrom Minnesota Set to Invalidate All Future Non-Compete Agreements On May 24, 2023, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law a provision banning all future non-compete agreements in Minnesota. The term “non-compete” is defined to include provisions restricting an employee (or independent contractor) from performing work for another employer for a specified period […]
By: Sally A. Piefer June 21, 2021 Non-compete and non-solicitation agreements are relatively commonplace. However, these agreements have been under increasing attack by legislatures across the country. President Biden has also expressed that one of the items on his regulatory agenda is to eliminate all non-compete agreements except for those necessary to protect trade secrets. […]
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. Chelsie Springstead, a Shareholder and member of the Firm’s highly regarded work injury defense team, is a presenter in the first episode of an educational video […]
By: Thomas W. Mackenzie and Kristofor L. Hanson In a decision issued September 19, 2017, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld as constitutional Wisconsin’s so-called “Right to Work” law (Act 1), which outlawed mandatory union membership as a condition of employment. Prior to the law becoming effective on March 11, 2015, the International Association of […]
By: Samantha J. Wood On Wednesday, June 7, 2017 the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) withdrew its 2015 and 2016 informal guidance letters regarding independent contractors and joint employment, which had been issued by the prior administration. The DOL’s first guidance letter, which was issued in July 2015 and reiterated the DOL’s focus on misclassification […]
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 […]
You’re Invited! Please join us for a complimentary half-day afternoon seminar in Wausau focusing on current trends in worker’s compensation. Lunch is included. Click here for more information. Please RSVP now to Chelsie Springstead at cspringstead@lindner-marsack.com.