By: Sally A. Piefer Last week, the Illinois Governor signed legislation which amends three Illinois laws which will impact employers with operations in Illinois. Criminal Conviction Information As of March 23, 2021, employers in Illinois may not use a criminal conviction (felony, misdemeanor, probation, or imprisonment) as a basis for making employment decisions—unless (1) there […]
By Laurie A. Petersen On August 31, a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the controversial high salary threshold hikes that the Department of Labor under President Obama set for overtime exemptions putting to rest employer concerns about their obligations when or if the Rule was ever implemented. The Rule […]
By: Jonathan T. Swain February 13, 2017 In his recently published proposed biennial budget for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, Governor Walker has proposed to eliminate the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC). LIRC is an independent three member commission appointed by the Governor that currently handles all appeals of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) […]
NEW I-9 FORM AVAILABLE: As of January 22, 2017, employers must use the NEW version of the Form I-9 — whether for new employees or for the reverification of expiring authorizations for existing employees. Prior versions of the Form I-9 should no longer be used. Employers who do not use the new Form I-9 are considered to be […]
By Sally A. Piefer With less than 90 days before the Department of Labor’s new white collar overtime rules take effect, Wisconsin is among a group of 21 states challenging the Final Rule. On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued Final Rules changing the eligibility for overtime for employees falling in the […]
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, […]
By: Laurie A. Petersen and Samantha J. Wood As directed by President Obama in March 2014, the Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a proposed rule regarding the Fair Labor Standard Act’s overtime regulations. The rule focuses primarily on updating salary and compensation levels. It proposes increasing the standard salary threshold level for exempt employees […]
December 11, 2014 By: John E. Murray On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk. The question in that case was whether employees are entitled to be paid for time spent in anti-theft security screenings at the end of their shift. Integrity Staffing supplied employees to Amazon’s warehouses. […]