For nearly two decades, Sanjuana Maltos would travel to Wisconsin from her home in Texas to work from June to November for the state’s cannery companies.
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Change LIRC-ing around the corner?
Practitioners don’t know exactly what to expect from Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to eliminate the independent commission that now reviews administrative-law judges’ decisions in workers’ compensation, jobless-benefits and equal-rights cases.
Read More »Council puts breaks on changes to jobless benefit appeals process
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.
Read More »Agency alleges unemployment law changes would increase court system costs
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.
Read More »Employment – LIRC — judicial review — service
2011AP2787 Avante v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.
Read More »Employment — workers compensation — refusal to rehire
2011AP2532 Mofoco Enterprises Inc. v. Wisconsin State Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.
Read More »Employment — unemployment compensation — misconduct
2011AP2899 Walter v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.
Read More »Employment — unemployment compensation — misconduct
2011AP2531 Sallis v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.
Read More »Employment — worker’s compensation — bad faith
2011AP2636 Grede Foundries, Inc., v. LIRC
Read More »Employment – discrimination — issue preclusion
2010AP1785 Aldrich v. LIRC
Read More »Employment — workers compensation — cross-examination
2010AP208 Aurora Consolidated Health Care v. LIRC
Read More »Employment – workers’ compensation
2011AP1824-FT Friedrich v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.
Read More »Employment — unemployment benefits — voluntary termination
2011AP938 Kierstead v. LIRC
Read More »Employment — unemployment compensation insurance; employee drug use
2011AP329-FT Waldvogel Trucking v. LIRC and Berceau
Read More »Employment — unemployment insurance – misconduct — marijuana
2011AP837 MacNeil v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, et al.
Read More »THE DARK SIDE: The hazards of playing basketball at the firehouse
A little while back, I was informed that somebody who plays for the Milwaukee Brewers had injured himself playing basketball and would be out for the beginning of the baseball season, if not longer.
Read More »A closer look at criminal history
Under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act ("WFEA"), the circumstances of the pending criminal charge must be substantially related to the circumstances of the team member's particular job before a job offer may be rescinded due an arrest and/or conviction record. What exactly does that mean?
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