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Department of Labor says rest breaks for serious health conditions can be unpaid

U.S. Court of Appeals Holds that Wisconsin Cannot Regulate Duration of Dues Checkoff Agreements.

Department of Labor Confirms That Additional Breaks Primarily For The Employee’s Benefit Need Not Be Counted As Work Time

Travel Time Away from Employee’s Home Community

What are your free speech rights at work?

Window Cleaners May Be Entitled To Additional Pay

Don’t Assume the Doctor Knows

Why Is Giving A Complete Work Injury History To Your Doctor Important?

Watch Your Language (When Reporting an Injury)

Tratar con el Ajustador de Seguros del Otro Conductor

¿Puedo demandar a alguien si resulto lastimado en el trabajo como resultado de máquinas o equipos defectuosos?

Pérdida de audición ocupacional

Los Empleadores No Pueden Discriminar BasáNdose en El Registro De Arresto

Fui herido por el perro de mi vecino: ¿mi vecino es responsable de mis lesiones?

3 Palabras Peligrosas: "Quizás se mejorará"

ADA Does Not Require Employers to Accommodate with Extended Leave

When is Travel Time Counted as Working Time?

Parental Liability for a Child's Auto Accident

Retiro y Degeneración de la Espalda Baja

Lo Que Compensación de Trabajadores No Es

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre la cobertura de automovilista sin seguro y la cobertura de automovilista con seguro insuficiente?

What Happens at a Worker’s Compensation Hearing?

What Is The Difference Between Uninsured Motorist Coverage And Underinsured Motorist Coverage?

What Workers Compensation Is Not

¿Necesita un empleador pagar por las interrupciones de trabajo?

Getting Doctor Referrals in Writing

Retirement and Low Back Degeneration

¿Qué sucede en una audiencia de compensación de trabajadores?

What You Should Know About Auto Insurance

Does an Employer Need to Pay for Work Breaks?

Five Dangerous Words: “Maybe It Will Get Better”

If You've Been Injured Before

Derechos, Responsabilidades, y Remedios Disponibles para el Empleado bajo la Ley Federal de Permiso Medico y Familiar (FMLA)

How Workers' Compensation Benefits Are Calculated

Independent Medical Examination Reimbursement

Fallo al Compensar Correctamente a Los Empleados por las Horas Trabajadas

District Court Clarifies Meaning Of “Workmanship” For Wage Deduction Statute

What Is a Personal Injury Lawsuit?

Treatment with a Doctor Outside the Health System

Can I Sue Someone if I Am Hurt on the Job as A Result of Defective Machines or Equipment?

What If I've Been Injured on a Second Job?

I Was Injured By My Neighbor’s Dog: Is My Neighbor Responsible For My Injuries?

Las Reclamaciones de "Resbalón y Caída" Son Uno de Los Tipos Más Comunes de Reclamaciones de Lesión Personal.

The Workers' Compensation Nurse

Wisconsin Safety Penalty Claims Under Workers' Compensation Law

What Does My Auto Insurance Cover?

¿Cuáles son las limitaciones de tiempo para reportar una lesión relacionada al trabajo bajo la Ley de Compensación al Trabajador de Wisconsin?

¿Tiene usted la obligación de aceptar una oferta de trabajo ligero por parte de su empleador mientras se encuentre bajo las restricciones de una lesión?

What's Considered An Occupational Hearing Loss?

Dealing with the Other Driver’s Insurance Adjuster

Subrogation

Si sufro una lesión relacionada al trabajo, ¿es legal que la compañía de seguros de compensación al trabajador obtenga imágenes de video-vigilancia de mí?

New DOL Administration Gives Free Pass to Misclassification of Independent Contractors

Por Qué es tan Importante Buscar Tratamiento Médico Oportuno y Brindar una Descripción Precisa de la Lesión si resulta Lesionado en el Trabajo

Suprema Corte Limita Descalificador de "Fallas Sustanciales" para Beneficios de Desempleo

Enfermedad vs. Condición Seria de Salud: ¿Qué tipo de ausencias son protegidas por la FMLA y cuándo?

About Tort Reform

¿Cuánto dinero puedo recuperar de una reclamación de lesión personal?

Spine Injury Recovery Percentages

Provisions for Timely Workers' Comp Payments

Supreme Court Limits Reach of “Substantial Fault” Disqualifier for Unemployment Benefits

Jury Finds Insurance Agents to be Employees

Seventh Circuit is the First to Rule Sexual Orientation Discrimination Violates Title VII

Nurses Becoming Patients: Common Healthcare Workers Injuries

Employers Cannot Discriminate Based on Arrest Record

Can a Bankruptcy Court “Leap Frog” Workers’ Priorities When It Dismisses a Case?

What money can I recover from a personal injury claim?

Investigating Grievances Through Information Requests

How Does an Off-Duty Dui or Serious Traffic Violation Affect My CDL?

FMLA Serious Health Conditions in Wisconsin

What’s Your Priority? Treatment of Owed Wages in Bankruptcy.

Why it is so Important to Seek Prompt Medical Treatment and Provide an Accurate Description of the Injury if you are Injured on the Job

Wages and Benefits Where An Employer Goes Out of Business or Declares Bankruptcy

The Interaction Between FMLA and Workers Compensation: Can I Be Required to Use FMLA Leave for My Work Related Injury?

“Slip and fall” Claims Are One of the Most Common Types of Personal Injury Claims.

If I suffer a work related injury, is it legal for the worker’s compensation insurance carrier to obtain video surveillance of me?

What Do I Do if My Vehicle is Damaged in an Automobile Accident?

Union Prevailing Wage Investigation Leads To Indictment of Landscaping Contractor

Dump Truck Drivers Must Be Paid For All Hours Worked

When Must I Be Paid for Travel Time During the Workday?

Does my Employer have to Accommodate my Disability?

Do you have an obligation to accept an offer of light duty work from your employer while under restrictions for a worker’s compensation injury?

Dues Checkoff Provisions of Wisconsin's "Right To Work" Law Permanently Enjoined by U.S. District Court

Vernon County Circuit Court Interprets Hormel Foods to Require Regular Rate Pay for Unpaid Hours Worked

Seventh Circuit Looks Poised to Reverse Itself on Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Federal Court Stops New Overtime Regulations from Going into Effect

What are the time limits for reporting a work-related injury under Wisconsin’s Worker’s Compensation Act?

Redistricting Decision May Have Major Implications for Republican Majority in State Legislature

If I am injured on the job, do I have to provide a written or recorded statement to the worker’s compensation insurance carrier?

The Unknown Perils Facing Visiting Nurses and Third-Party Claims

Wisconsin Court of Appeals Invalidates WERC Rules Requiring Filing of Election Petitions for Recertification Elections

Must My Employer Pay Me if I Travel Between Work Locations During the Course of the Day?

Slip and Fall Injuries For Health Care Employees at Hospitals and Clinics: Key Things to Know

ERISA Funds Collection – Pre-Suit Collection Best Practices

Graduate Assistants Covered by the National Labor Relations Act and Can Vote In NLRB Election

What Happens if I Never Get to Take an Uninterrupted Meal Break?

Moving Work Out of the County in Retaliation For a Strike Is An Unfair Labor Practice

Seventh Circuit Affirms that a Union's Use of Inflatable Rat Is Protected Free Speech

NLRB General Counsel Proposes that Employers Not Be Able to Withdraw Recognition From a Section 9(A) Union Without A Board Election

Injuries that Occur While Treating Patients: Traumatic Injuries Under the Worker’s Compensation Statute

Seventh Circuit Reluctantly Follows Precedent, Does Not Extend Title VII Sex Discrimination Protections to LGBT Employees

Bladder Injuries and Workers' Compensation : Is a work-related bladder injury compensable under the worker’s compensation statute?

Eligible Voters Who Can’t Get a State ID Can Still Vote This November!

Using the Federal False Claims Act to Report Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

What’s the Difference Between Criminal and Civil Cases?

New OSHA Rules Affect Drug Testing and Other Employer Policies

2014 Money Market Fund Reform Requires Attention By Plan Sponsors Summer 2016

ACA Regulations on Fixed Indemnity Insurance Spiked by Federal Court of Appeals

What Happens if You Suffer a Serious Injury at Work, and Can No Longer Continue Your Profession?

3 Things for Healthcare Professionals to Consider Before Signing a Non-Compete Agreement

Supreme Court upholds U.S. Labor Department Rules Extending FLSA Protections to Home Health Care Workers

NLRB Makes it Easier for Temporary and Contingent Workers to Join Unions

Federal Government Explains how NOT to Discriminate Against Transgendered People

Setting Your Priorities After a Car Accident

U.S. Supreme Court Explains Liability Under False Claims Act for Payment of Medical Services to Unlicensed Providers

Can Investors and Creditors Conspire to Leap-Frog Your WARN Act Claims in Bankruptcy?

Overtime and Wages for Food Processing Employees

Fifth Circuit Affirms New NLRB Representation Rules

Worker’s Compensation Statute of Limitations Change: What has changed, and why it matters to your case

Supreme Court Upholds Class Action Status For Tyson Employees

A Healthy Health Fund

Voluntarily Recognized Guard Units Have A Protected Right To Bargain

Wage & Hour Issues in the Gig Economy: When is an “Independent Contractor” really an employee?

Workers' Compensation Wage and Rate Chart

Changing Jobs After an Injury

Construction Workers May Be Owed Time Spent Donning And Doffing Protective Clothing

Putting Right-to-Work on Defense: New Lawsuits Seek to Expand on Wisconsin Victory

NLRB Decision Reaffirms Rights of Striking Workers

Seasoned Milwaukee Third-Party Liability Lawyers Hold Guilty Parties Responsible

Damages in a Personal Injury Lawsuit

You’ve Been Injured at Work. Now What?

Permanent Partial Disability Schedule

Automatic Lunch Deductions Violate the Law Where Healthcare Workers Are Forced to Perform Work During Lunch Periods

Wisconsin Supreme Court Clarifies That Employees Are Entitled To Additional Hourly Wages At Their Regular Wage Rate For Work Off The Clock

Waiver of Rights to Bring Class Actions Invalidated by the National Labor Relations Act

New Whistleblower Protections for Employees Under Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

Major New Overtime Regulations Issued by Department of Labor

Court of Appeals Issues Pro-Worker Decision Interpreting Anti-Worker Unemployment Law Amendment

ERISA Subrogation Claim Hit by Supreme Loss

The Previant Law Firm Wins Major Ruling for Wisconsin Unions

Court Holds that Health Reimbursement Account Payments Must Be Included in Overtime Calculation

Veteran’s Affairs Canada Pension and Child Support

Workplace Rights – What You Need to Know

Wisconsin State Prison Guard Assaulted by Inmate on the Job — Fighting State for Worker’s Compensation Rights

Wisconsin DWD: WI Among Leading States in Permanent Total Disability Weekly Rates

Plymouth Resident Makes Miraculous Recovery Following Crane Collapse at Bridge Construction Site

Wisconsin Woman Wins Age Discrimination Settlement of $32,500

Wisconsin Women Sue Retail Giant Walmart for Gender Discrimination

DOT: One Motorcyclist Injured or Killed Every Four Hours

Winter Weather Increases Risk of Serious Injury from Slip-and-Fall Accidents

Wisconsin Court: Personal Injury Suit May Proceed Despite Liability Waiver

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed after Kentucky Accident Killed Wisconsin Family

The Return of the Recertification Election

ACS: Wisconsin Disability Prevalence Rate Measured at 11.4 %

EEOC Settles GINA Discrimination Case

Republican Legislators Ask Department of Labor to Rule that “Worker Centers” are Labor Organizations

Validity of NLRB Appointments May Be Decided by the Supreme Court

Caterpillar Violates NLRA by Refusing Access to Union

Wisconsin Court of Appeals Rules on Benefits for Public Safety Employees

President Nominates Three to National Labor Relations Board

Employer Has Duty to Return Employee Eligible for FMLA Leave to Equivalent Position

Department of Labor Discusses New Minimum Wage Proposal

Wisconsin Bill AB 139: Proposed Law Threatens to Decrease Patient Access to Medical Information