A state Department of Children and Families employee says she was unfairly passed over for a job at the state Department of Workforce Development.

A powerful panel of lawmakers rejected a proposal to axe a more-than-century-old independent body that reviews jobless benefits, workers’ compensation and equal-rights cases.

A powerful panel of lawmakers will decide Thursday whether to eliminate an independent body that reviews decisions in jobless-benefits, equal-rights and workers’ compensation cases.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that government officials incorrectly denied a woman her unemployment benefits under a recently enacted law intended to make it tougher to get benefits.

A former Wisconsin Department of Justice agent fired after he brought a whistleblower complaint against his boss did not notify the proper people when he made his allegation, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.

A state appeals court says workers can collect unemployment benefits even if they're fired for missing their shifts, depending on the situation.

The state's Department of Workforce Development is proposing several changes to the state’s unemployment-benefits laws.

A state appeals court has found that Stevens Construction does not have to pay penalties for firing an employee after his recovery from an on-the-job injury.

A Wisconsin appeals court says the state Department of Workforce Development doesn't have to pay for a man's master's degree.

Lawmakers on Thursday will consider a proposal that would place steeper criminal penalties on those who defraud the state's unemployment-benefits system.

State officials want to raise more money to fight unemployment benefits fraud and plan to do so without increasing employers' taxes.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to decide Wednesday whether the state’s whistleblower statute should have protected a state justice department employee who was demoted after she warned her superiors that using state employees for the then-attorney general’s trip to a political convention could have violated state law.

A proposed change to the state’s unemployment insurance statutes could make it easier for jobless benefit claimants to be charged with fraud.

A proposal before state officials could have modified the procedures that unemployment claimants must go through to appeal unfavorable decisions to Wisconsin's circuit courts.

The independent body that reviews administrative law decisions has slammed the state Department of Workforce Development over proposed changes to circuit court reviews of unemployment benefit decisions.

After Megan Coronado lost three jobs in 2011, she thought the obvious next step was to file for unemployment benefits.

Two University of Wisconsin-La Crosse employees have filed complaints against the school alleging discrimination and retaliation.

When should an employee be paid for the time it takes to put on and take off work clothes and other equipment before and after a shift at a Wisconsin pepperoni and salami processing plant?

A dance coach fired after her team performed to Robin Thicke's popular but racy hit "Blurred Lines" has filed a discrimination complaint with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

Lawmakers are considering special fees for insurers as the price to prevent fraud in the state’s workers’ compensation system.

A proposal that would make it illegal for Wisconsin employers to ask workers or job applicants to turn over their passwords to social media accounts such as Facebook is moving forward in the Legislature.

A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled in favor of a former manager of an Italian restaurant who said the company did not pay her the required minimum wage.

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development recently released a new guide to child labor laws.

A proposal to eliminate the ability of employees to sue for compensatory or punitive damages in state court is headed to Gov. Scott Walker after both the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly passed the law.

Despite historically long odds, two candidates are challenging an incumbent judge in Milwaukee County instead of running for two open circuit court seats.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A second person has resigned as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development in Gov. Scott Walker’s first year in office. Walker announced Monday that Secretary Scott Baumbach had resigned after being in the position just four months. He replaced Walker’s first appointee, Manny Perez, who resigned in May after five months in the post. ...

The owner of Allen Howe & Son Inc. is facing charges he embezzled more than $56,000 from employees.

Some Wisconsin legislators are working to end compensatory and punitive damages in employment discrimination cases.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs was sued in federal court Wednesday over allegations that he discriminated against white employees. The three lawsuits accuse Kenneth Black, who is African-American, of denying a promotion to one white worker, firing a second and retaliating against a third. The workers are seeking compensatory and punitive ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has named Scott Baumbach as full-time secretary of Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development. Baumbach had served as interim secretary since last month when Manny Perez resigned just five months after his appointment by Walker. Baumbach was named the department’s deputy secretary last January. Before joining the department, he was an associate and partner ...