About a week after Elon Musk assumed control of Twitter on Oct. 28, the social media platform stirred up a storm of controversy by abruptly firing about half of its 7,500 employees.
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Discipline and discharge: Best practices for avoiding costly litigation
Disciplining and terminating employees are realities of doing business, but by adhering to certain practices, employers can help reduce the risk of costly litigation.
Read More »Wisconsin Senate sends benefit restriction bills to governor
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate passed a package of Republican-authored bills designed to force more people into the workforce by tightening the qualifications for receiving unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage.
Read More »Wisconsin Assembly approves tightening public benefits
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a package of Republican-authored bills Thursday designed to force more people into the workforce by tightening eligibility for unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage.
Read More »Employment disputes are often emotionally charged
Employment disputes present special difficulties because of the strong emotions involved on both sides.
Read More »Choice of jobs in a time of full employment
When it comes to employment choices, having a support obligation means that the good ol' USA is no longer a free country.
Read More »Employment – Sexual harassment – sex discrimination
11-1182 Passananti v. Cook County
Read More »Constitutional Law — First Amendment — employment
2010AP2705 DeBruin v. St. Patrick Congregation
Read More »Survey: Good news ahead on legal hiring
Hiring in the legal field is expected to be strong in the third quarter of 2012, according to the Robert Half Legal Hiring Index.
Read More »Employers beware: No free labor
The internship represents a peculiar type of quid pro quo in the corporate world: An employer gains help and a worker gains experience, often without any money changing hands. Until recently few gave the ethical or legal aspects of unpaid internships much thought.
Read More »Can you get fired for wearing an orange shirt to work?
One of the most common questions I hear from my non-lawyer friends is something along the lines of: “I know that my employment at my company is at-will, but that doesn’t mean that my boss can just fire me for no good reason, right?
Read More »Contracts – employment — ambiguity
2010AP3150 Vidic v. Sacred Heart Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis
Read More »Employment – Disability discrimination
10-3381 Dickerson v. Board of Trustees
Read More »Employment – ERISA – surviving spousal benefits
10-1521 Burns v. Orthotek, Inc., Employees’ Pension Plan and Trust
Read More »Employment – Discrimination – similarly-situated employees
10-3214 Eaton v. Indiana Department of Corrections
Read More »Employment – WFEA – retaliation
2010AP1902 Town of Rome Police Department v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.
Read More »Employment – ERISA – breach of fiduciary duty
09-4081 & 10-1755 Loomis v. Exelon Corp.
Read More »10-3916 Rodgers v. White
Employment Race discrimination
Read More »10-2284 & 10-3046 Kolbe & Kolbe Health & Welfare Benefit Plan v. The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
Employment ERISA; attorney fees
Read More »10-1900 Frye v. Thompson Steel Co., Inc.
Employment ERISA; offsets
Read More »10-1982 Breneisen v. Motorola, Inc.
Employment FMLA; exacerbation
Read More »10-1978, 10-2175 & 10-3713 Williams v. Rohm and Haas Pension Plan
Employment ERISA; class actions; attorney fees
Read More »10-2201 Serednyj v. Beverly Healthcare, LLC
Employment Pregnancy discrimination
Read More »09-3884 Pearson v. Voith Paper Rolls, Inc.
Employment ERISA; estoppel
Read More »10-2114, 10-2243, 10-2814 & 10-2921 Marcatante v. City of Chicago
Employment Public employment
Read More »10-1975 Everett v. Cook County
Employment Race discrimination
Read More »2010AP1948 Schmuck v. Bituminous Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Employment Workers compensation; exclusive remedy
Read More »10-3287 Carter v. Pension Plan of A. Finkel & Sons Co.
Employment ERISA
Read More »10-1558 Sullivan v. CUNA Mutual Ins. Society
Employment ERISA
Read More »10-1827 National Shopmen Pension Fund v. DISA Industries, Inc.
Employment MPPAA
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