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2014 Health Savings Account Cost of Living Adjustments
2013-05/02
U.S. Supreme Court Decides Important Self-Insured ERISA Plan Reimbursement Case
2013-4/19 Mary Ellen Schill and Russell W. Wilson
Attention Employers! New I-9 Form Required by May 7, 2013
2013-3/12 Sara J. Ackermann
FMLA Spring Cleaning: Toss That Old FMLA Poster and Post the New One by March 8!
2013-2/27 Sara J. Ackermann
2013 Standard Mileage Rates
2012-11/21 Mary Ellen Schill
2013 Qualified Plan Cost of Living Increases, 2013 Social Security Taxable Wage Base
2012-10/18 Mary Ellen Schill
2013 Brings Limits to Medical Flexible Spending Accounts
2012-10/10 Mary Ellen Schill
Reporting Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage on Form W-2: What Employers Need to Know
2012-09/19 Mary Ellen Schill
Getting on Track with Health Care Reform: Stop, Look, and Listen
2012-8/22 Mary Ellen Schill
Health Care Reform Upheld by Supreme Court
2012-6/28 Mary Ellen Schill
NLRB's "Quickie Election" Rule Struck Down by District Court
2012-05/16 Kevin J.T. Terry
2013 Health Savings Account Cost of Living Adjustments
2012-04/30 Mary Ellen Schill
NLRB Postpones Implementation of Notice-Posting Rule
2012-04/20 Kevin J.T. Terry
President Obama Recess Appoints Three to Quorum-less NLRB
2012-01/09 Bryan T. Symes
NLRB Adopts Final Rule Implementing its November 30, 2011 "Quickie Election" Resolution
2012-01/06 Bryan T. Symes
Update: NLRB Again Postpones Implementation Date for Notice-Posting Rule: Will Now Take Effect on April 30, 2012
2012-01/03 Bryan T. Symes and Kevin J.T. Terry
2012 Standard Mileage Rates
2011-12/12 Mary Ellen Schill
NLRB Adopts Resolution to Implement Several Proposed "Quickie Election" Rules - But Final Passage in Doubt
2011-12/6 Bryan T. Symes
Changes in Age Discrimination Regulations and the RFOA Defense
2011-11/29 Kevin J.T. Terry
Wisconsin Tax Code Amended to Follow Federal Tax Treatment of Coverage of Adult Children
2011-11/07 Mary Ellen Schill
2012 Qualified Plan Cost of Living Increases, 2012 Social Security Taxable Wage Base
2011-10/21 Mary Ellen Schill
National Labor Relations Board Postpones Implementation Date for New Notice-Posting Rule
2011-10/10 Bryan T. Symes
Concealed Carry Issues
2011-10/06 Kevin J.T. Terry
IRS Cell Phone Ruling Welcomed by Employers and Employees
2011-09/16 Mary Ellen Schill
Concealed Carry Law Requires Businesses to Make Policy Decisions
2011-07/03 Sara J. Ackermann and Kevin J.T. Terry
New Labor Pains for Employers: NLRB and DOL Each Deliver Union-Friendly Proposals
2011-07/29 Bryan T. Symes
Department of Employee Trust Funds Clarifies Timeline for WRS Contributions
2011-07/22 Dean R. Dietrich and Mary Ellen Schill
Eligibility for Participation in Retirement Benefits Have Changed Under the Budget Bill
2011-07/13 Dean R. Dietrich
Collective Bargaining for Public Safety Unions is Changed Under Budget Bill
2011-07/12 Dean R. Dietrich
Are You Ready for Conceal and Carry?
2011-07/08 Sara J. Ackermann and Kevin J.T. Terry
Local Governments Must Now Provide Grievance Process for All Employees
2011-06/29 Dean R. Dietrich
Vetoes by Governor Change Eligibility for Retirement Benefits and Collective Bargaining Rights But May Not Impact Many Individuals
2011-06/27 Dean R. Dietrich
IRS Announces Mid-Year Adjustment of Business and Medical Mileage Rate
2011-06/23 Mary Ellen Schill
Assembly Version of Budget Bill Changes Landscape of Municipal Bargaining Somewhat
2011-06/16 Dean R. Dietrich
Supreme Court Decision Answers Some Questions; Raises More Questions
2011-06/15 Dean R. Dietrich
DOL Helps Employees to Track Work Hours
2011-06/06 Jeffrey T. Jones
2012 Health Savings Account Cost of Living Adjustments
2011-05/16 Mary Ellen Schill
School District Legal Updates
2011-05/12 Jeffrey T. Jones
Wisconsin FMLA Law Expected to Federalize!
2011-05/02 Jeffrey T. Jones
New Regulations Implementing ADA Amendments Issued
2011-04/25 Jeffrey T. Jones
Random Alcohol Testing May Violate the ADA
2011-04/21 Jeffrey T. Jones
CMS Announces Closing of Early Retiree Reinsurance Program After May 5, 2011
2011-04/04 Mary Ellen Schill
Revisions to Teacher Contracts
2011-03/02 Jeffrey T. Jones
Is it a Good Time for Our Governmental Unit to Conduct a Federal Tax Self-Assessment?
2011-02/23 Mary Ellen Schill and Megan K. Heinzelman
School District Settles Suit Over Search of Student's Confiscated Cell Phone
2011-02/14 Jeffrey T. Jones
DOL Recovers One Million Plus in Overtime Back Wages and Penalties for Employer's Misclassification of Employees
2011-02/10 Jeffrey T. Jones
The U.S. Supreme Court Finds Employee is Protected From Retaliation Due to His "Association" With a Co-worker Who Filed a Complaint
2011-02/09 Sara J. Ackermann
EFCA Dead? Not So Fast!
2011-01/21 Ronald J. Rutlin
The 2010 Tax Relief Act: What It Means For Employers
2010-12/22 Mary Ellen Schill and Megan K. Heinzelman
2011 Standard Mileage Rates
2010-12/3 Mary Ellen Schill
Employers May Not Terminate At-Will Employees To Avoid Paying Accrued Benefits
2010-12/2 Jeffrey T. Jones and Terri M. Smith
Automatic Employee Termination Following Leave Of Absence May Violate Law
2010-11/15 Jeffrey T. Jones and Terri M. Smith
Discipline For Facebook Comments May Violate Employee's Rights
2010-11/12 Dean R. Dietrich and Jeffrey T. Jones
Employers May Be Held Liable For Secret Recording of Employee Conversations
2010-10/28 Jeffrey T. Jones and Terri M. Smith
2011 Qualified Plan Cost of Living Increases, 2011 Social Security Taxable Wage Base
2010-10/28 Mary Ellen Schill and Megan K. Heinzelman
IRS Relieves Employers of W-2 Health Care Reform Reporting for 2011
2010-10/25 Mary Ellen Schill and Megan K. Heinzelman
Employee or Independent Contractor: Are You Sure? You Need to Be
2010-09/08 Sara J. Ackermann and Kyle B. Flanagan
New Requirements for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors
2010-09/08 Sara J. Ackermann
Schill v. Wisconsin Rapids School District: Update
2010-08/03 Jeffrey T. Jones and Christopher M. Toner
Go Figure: The Rule of Reason Prevails
2010-08/03 Jeffrey T. Jones and Terri M. Smith
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules That Personal E-mails are Not Subject to the Public Records Law
2010-07/22 Christopher M. Toner
Wisconsin Courts Set Forth Clarifying Law Regarding Enforceability of Employee Non-Compete Agreements - 2010-07/14 Jeffrey T. Jones and Terri M. Smith
DOL Opinion Expands FMLA Leave Rights
2010-06/25 Jeffrey T. Jones
Health Care Reform Offers Group Health Plan Sponsors Financial Assistance - Program Opens
June 21, 2010
2010-06/11 Mary Ellen Schill
Follow Up: Wisconsin Goes Smoke-Free - Are You Ready?
2010-06/07 Jeffrey T. Jones and Christopher M. Toner
Wisconsin Goes Smoke Free - Are You Ready?
2010-06/04 Jeffrey T. Jones and Christopher M. Toner
2011 Health Savings Account Cost of Living Adjustments
2010-05/24 Mary Ellen Schill
COBRA Subsidy Extended!! Again!!
2010-03/04 Mary Ellen Schill
Employee Benefit Security Administration Issues Updated Model COBRA Notices
2010-1/15 Mary Ellen Schill
Is it Too Late to Put GINA Back in the Bottle??
2010-01/14/10 Mary Ellen Schill and Sara J. Ackermann
Employees Owe Duty of Loyalty to Their Employer
2010-01/12 Jeffrey T. Jones
COBRA Subsidy Extended!!
2009-12/22 Mary Ellen Schill
Has the EBSA Played Scrooge with the ARRA COBRA Subsidy??" 12/03/09
2009-12/03 Mary Ellen Schill
2010 Standard Mileage Rates
2009-12/03 Mary Ellen Schill
President Obama Expands Military Leave Provisions Under FMLA - H.R. 2647
2009 10/29 Jeffrey T. Jones
EEOC Announces New Poster
2009-10/28 Sara J. Ackermann
2010 Qualified Plan Cost of Living Increases, 2010 Social Security Taxable Wage Base
2009-10/16 Mary Ellen Schill
At It Again –FMLA Revised
2009-07-09 Jeffrey T. Jones
Status of Legislative Discussions Regarding Elimination of Qualified Economic Offer Language
2009-06/23 Dean R. Dietrich
EEOC Says Employers Cannot Require Participation In Health Risk Assessment
2009-05/18 Sara J. Ackermann
2010 Health Savings Account Cost of Living Increases
2009-05/19 Mary Ellen Schill
IRS Hints at What an "Involuntary Termination" Means for Purposes of ARRA
2009-03/27 Mary Ellen Schill
Reminder: New FMLA Regulations In Effect!
2009-03/23 Jeffrey T. Jones
Employee Benefits Security Administration Issues Model COBRA Notices
2009-03/19 Mary Ellen Schill
Increase in WRS Rates Expected
2009-03/05 Jeffrey T. Jones
COBRA Provisions Q&A and IRS Form 941
2009-02/27 Mary Ellen Schill
COBRA Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
2009-02/25 Mary Ellen Schill
Judge Halts Milwaukee's Paid Sick-Day Ordinance
2009-02/11 Sara J. Ackermann
2009 Senate Bill 46
2009-02/10 Jeffrey T. Jones
Senate Bill 20 – Increase of Fair Employment Act Compensatory and Punitive Damages
2009-02/04 Jeffrey T. Jones
The New FMLA Rules: Are You Ready?
2008-12/12 Jeffrey T. Jones
IRS Gives Welcome Relief to 403(b) Plan Sponsors!
2008-12/11 Mary Ellen Schill
It's Midnight on New Years Eve, Do You Know Where Your Deferred Compensation Agreements Are??
2008-12/02 Mary Ellen Schill
Potential Labor/Employment Law Changes in the New Political Environment
2008-11/19 Ronald J. Rutlin
Breaking News! – Department of Labor Finalizes Revisions to Regulations Implementing Federal Family and Medical Leave Act
2008-11/14 Jeffrey T. Jones
The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) - Will You Be Prepared?
2008-11/11 Ronald J. Rutlin
2009 Qualified Plan Cost of Living Increases, 2009 Social Security Taxable Wage Base
2008-10/20 Mary Ellen Schill
Reminder - New W-4 and I-9 Forms for 2009
2008-10/07 Jeffrey T. Jones
President Bush Signs Act Broadening ADA Protections for Employees and Job Applicants
2008-09/28 Jeffrey T. Jones
Breaking News! President Bush Signs Law Extending Leave to Families of Military Service Members
2008-01/30 Jeffrey T. Jones
OSHA 300-A Posting Deadline
2008-01/30 Jeffrey T. Jones
New FMLA Forms Issued by the Department of Labor
2008-01/25 Jeffrey T. Jones
Breaking News: EEOC Issues New Retiree Health Insurance Rule
2008-01/02 Jeffrey T. Jones
Reminder: Date Set for Use of New Form I-9
2007-12/17 Jeffrey T. Jones and Sara J. Ackermann
OSHA Implements New Rules Regarding Payment of Persibak Protective Equipment for Employees
2007-11/30 Christopher M. Toner
FMLA Military Leave
2007-11/16 Jeffrey T. Jones
USCIS Issues new I-9 Form
2007-11/12 Sara J. Ackermann
Permanent and Total Disability Award – The Importance of Light Duty Work
2007-10/24 Russell W. Wilson
Are You Prepared for E-mail Discovery?
2007-10/02 Jeffrey T. Jones
EEOC Challenges Terms of Severance Agreements
2007-09/19 Jeffrey T. Jones
Update - Final Regulation Regarding "Safe Harbor" Procedures for Employers Who Receive "No-Match" Letter
2007-09/11 Jeffrey T. Jones
Limited 409A Relief! IRS Delays Plan Document Compliance Deadline One Year
2007-09/11 Mary Ellen Schill
New EEO-1 Deadline Fast Approaching
2007-09/07 Jeffrey T. Jones
Department of Homeland Security Issues Final Regulation Regarding "Safe Harbor" Procedures for Employers Who Receive "No-Match" Letters
2007-09/06 Jeffrey T. Jones
WI Court of Appeals Overturns LIRC: Employee's Off-Duty Use of Alcohol That Violated Last Chance Agreement Constitutes "Misconduct"
2006-10/11 Sara J. Ackermann
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Finds Disappointed Bidders May Not Recover Lost Profits as Damages
2006-10/04 Christopher M. Toner
Employers Must Temporarily Tolerate Disability-Related Absences While Employee Seeks Medical Evaluation
2006-08/08 Sara J. Ackermann
Court Requires Employer to Take Affirmative Action Regarding Pornography in Workplace
2006-05/18 Jeffrey T. Jones
Wage and Hour Trends
2006-04/17 Jeffrey T. Jones
Recent Court Decision Regarding Calculating Overtime Pay
2006-04/06 Jeffrey T. Jones
Wal-Mart Wisconsin Employees Fail in Effort to Certify Class Action for Unpaid Meal and Rest Breaks
2006-03/28 Sara Ackermann
Supreme Court Rules In “Donning and Doffing” Cases
2005-11/11 Sara J. Ackermann
Szleszinski v. LIRC, 2005 Wisc. App. 832
2005-10/31 Jeffrey T. Jones and Christopher M. Toner
Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission Rejects Faragher/Ellerth Defense
2005-06/09 Sara J. Ackermann
Important IRS Guidance Allows a Second Chance For Flexible Spending Account Participants Before Application of "Use it or Lose it" to Unspent Fund
2005-05/19 Mary Ellen Schill
Seventh Circuit Finds Sexual Comments Are “Inappropriate” But Not “Harassment”
2005-05/12 Sara J. Ackermann and Jeffrey T. Jones
U.S. Supreme Court Makes It Easier For Employees To Bring Age Discrimination Claims
2005-04/01 Sara J. Ackermann
Court of Appeals Provides Guidance on Protecting Company Trade Secret/Confidential Information
2005-03/21 Christopher M. Toner
Poorly Drafted Nonsolicitation Agreement Ruled Unenforceable
2005-03/21 Christopher M. Toner
Arbitrators May Have Ability to Award Punitive Damages Unless Limited by Arbitration Agreement
2005-03/21 Christopher M. Toner
Employers Do Not Have Duty to Predict Future Economic Conditions of Company
2005-03/21 Christopher M. Toner
Important Tax Law Alert
2004-11/23 Mary Ellen Schill
Sundance Rehabilitation Corporation v. EEOC – General Release of all Claims Case No. 1: 00-CV-1867
2004-08/26 Jeffrey T. Jones
Important WFEA Development - Wisconsin Supreme Court Decides Hutchinson Technology Case
2004-07/13 Ronald J. Rutlin
Timely Deposits of 401(k) Elective Deferrals
2004-02/12 Mary Ellen Schill
Retirement & Welfare Plan Filing Requirements
2003-07/30 Mary Ellen Schill
Non-Compete Agreements Must Be Limited To Be Enforceable
2001-01/09 Jeffrey T. Jones |
