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Don’t Bieber Your Deposition

Depositions are bound to occur in any litigation. The idea behind a deposition is that it’s an attorney’s shot to...

Safety Gear in the Workplace: Should Employers Pay Employees for Time Spent Changing Clothes?

Many workers employed in factories here in Wisconsin and throughout the country wear safety gear to protect themselves from the...

Wisconsin Assembly Leader’s Alleged Sexual Harassment Offers Employment Law Lessons

Late last week, news broke that a high-ranking Wisconsin state politician was accused of sexually harassing at least two women...

Could 2014 be the Year of Family and Medical Leave Act Change?

Wisconsin has a special place in the history of employee family and medical leave rights. In 1988, Wisconsin became the...

What Impact Would Gay Marriage in Wisconsin Have on Employment Law?

Recently, multiple efforts to overturn Wisconsin’s ban on gay marriage have made the news. Last week, Democratic legislators Rep. JoCasta...

Summers (and the Americans with Disabilities Act) in Wisconsin

Late last month, the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion on the Americans with Disabilities Act that made headlines in legal...

Unpaid Interns

Recently, there has been much talk about unpaid interns and what sort of legal protections they should receive. In the...

Employment Law and the President Obama’s State of the Union

The State of the Union is always one of the major Presidential events of the year. The President gets to...

Wisconsin Bill Aims to Introduce Compensatory Time to Private Workplaces

The current Wisconsin legislature has been relatively quiet on the development of new employment laws. But a group of Wisconsin...