On March 5, 2019, a Federal Judge reinstated the EEO-1 pay data reporting requirement for all covered employers. Covered employers include employers with over 100 employees or federal contractors with 50 or more employees and a government contract worth $50,000 or more. The EEO-1, otherwise known as The Employer Information Report, is a compliance survey […]
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.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE 3RD ANNUAL KIDS’ CHANCE OF WISCONSIN GOLF OUTING 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 […]
By: Jonathan T. Swain Beginning April 14, 2015, the new NLRB election rules will take effect. They promise to have a profound effect upon an NLRB election process that has remained relatively unchanged for the last 75 years. If unions are able to take advantage of these new rules, which are designed to expedite the […]
By: Thomas W. Mackenzie Last Thursday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court invalidating three of President Barack Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board throws into question hundreds of Board decisions issued between the recess appointments made in January, 2012 and July, 2013 when the current five member Board was lawfully confirmed by […]