By: Oyvind Wistrom It has now been 50 years since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. At its first meeting of the new year earlier this month, the EEOC Chair Jenny R. Yang, who presided over her first Commission meeting, pledged a renewed […]
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% […]
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 a founding Board Member and current President of Kids’ Chance of Wisconsin. Kids’ […]
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. […]
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 […]
Back by popular demand the 6th Annual Women Leaders Conference returns, March 20, 2015, for a day of inspiring education. Jonathan Swain is speaking at this event.
Hosted by the UWM School of Continuing Education, the event kicks off at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee from 9am-5pm. The conference celebrates women who have pioneered their fields and uncovers their proven methods for success. Attendees will learn from accomplished women, discover what inspires them and harness the energy to empower themselves.
Lindner & Marsack, S.C. proudly announces that nine of its seventeen attorneys have been acknowledged as 2014 Super Lawyers or Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine. “This is the second consecutive year in which over one-half the attorneys in the firm have been recognized by Super Lawyers,” said Jonathan T. Swain, President of the firm. […]
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 […]
The Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) requires a “large employer” (50 or more full time equivalent employees) to provide health plan coverage to “full time” employees (30 or more hours per week) within 90 days of hire. On June 25, 2014, IRS, DOL, and HHS published final regulations which allow an employee orientation period of up […]
By: Daniel Finerty and Samantha Wood In our July 9, 2013 E-Alert “Workplace Social Media Legislation Introduced in the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly” [https://lindner-marsack.com/news/workplace-social-media-legislation-introduced-in-the-wisconsin-senate-and-assembly], we wrote about bi-partisan legislation introduced to limit an employer’s ability to request access to, observe, or require disclosure of a personal internet account of an applicant or employee. Senate Bill […]