By: Daniel Finerty and Melissa Stone After Assembly Bill 1038 passed on April 14, 2020 and was quickly taken up and passed by the State Senate the following day, Governor Evers took swift action to sign the legislation, known as the COVID-19 Response Bill. 2019 Wisconsin Act 185 (Act) became effective April 16, 2020. The […]
By: Daniel Finerty and Laurie Petersen A Work‐Share Program (“program” or “plan”) is a benefit plan for which Wisconsin businesses can apply to the Unemployment Insurance Division of the Department of Workforce Development (“UI Division” or “DWD”). The program is designed to help both Wisconsin businesses and their employees by allowing businesses to tap the […]
On April 10, 2020, the Office of Worker’s Compensation advised that it will continue to convert all in-person hearings, prehearings, and mediations to conferences conducted by telephone, or video conference for the foreseeable future. Please click here for more information. Thank you.
By Daniel Finerty, Sally Piefer & Oyvind Wistrom On Wednesday, April 1st, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its regulations applicable to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). This E-Alert provides an explanation and comments regarding the interpretations and how each may apply in practice. Please note that these are interim regulations, not the […]
By Daniel Finerty and Oyvind Wistrom On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act,” or the CARES Act (“Act”), the most dramatic financial legislation yet in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, the Act provides $2 trillion in financial assistance, a portion of which is allocated to […]
By; Sally A. Piefer This afternoon the Department of Labor (DOL) issued its Families First Coronavirus Response Act Notice. A copy of the notice can be found here. Please note the following about the Notice: The effective date for the new Act will be April 1, 2020. Covered employers (those with fewer than 500 employees) […]
Today, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers directed the Department of Health Services (DHS) to issue a Safer at Home order that prohibits all nonessential travel, with various exceptions. The Order is available here. Businesses should review the Order to see if they quality as an exempted business and, if not, what restrictions exist. If a business […]
Join Lindner & Marsack’s Sally Piefer and MRA’s Laurie Greenless on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 in a discussion about key provisions of the FFCRA legislation. Register Here: https://www.mranet.org/live-webinar/families-first-coronavirus-response-act-livestream-briefing
By Sally Piefer and Oyvind Wistrom Last evening the President signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The legislation had passed the Senate only hours before. The Response Act has a number of provisions which employers must be aware of—an expansion of the federal Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and a paid sick time. […]
By: Oyvind Wistrom These are difficult and unusual times, to say the least. We wanted to let you know that Lindner & Marsack, S.C. remains as committed as ever to your success, and are working extra diligently to help you prepare and answer questions about COVID-19, and to navigate this quickly evolving situation. To do […]