Milwaukee Employment Law Blog

Jackson National Life Insurance Co. has made big changes to its corporate structure in recent years. Like so many other businesses, it has closed offices - including one here in Wisconsin - to reduce payroll and overhead in order to stay competitive. According to settlement terms of a race, sex and national origin discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the company has more big changes to make.

Jackson National Life has agreed to pay $20.5 million to 21 former employees who charged that the company allowed work environments hostile to African Americans and women in two of its offices. The lawsuit alleged that African American employees were berated as "lazy" and were targeted in racially offensive drawings. A high-level manager referred to female African American employees as "street walkers." Women were also subjected to leering and sexual comments from male co-workers, the lawsuit claimed.

As 2019 came to an end, Milwaukee celebrated the life and achievements of Ellen Daly, and mourned the loss of the disability rights advocate. Paralyzed back in 1963 at age 26, Daly was a housewife and mother of five who transformed herself into an effective champion of rights enjoyed today.

Her daughter Eileen told the Journal Sentinel that her mother's "grit and determination" were evident early on in their bustling home, and later enabled her to help shape Wisconsin legislation and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The number of adults in the U.S. living with a disability is staggering. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates about 61 million people — that’s one in every four adults — have at least one disability. This can significantly impact their ability to work and their income.

What causes these disabilities? You may think it's something shocking and dramatic, such as a car crash or a workplace injury. In reality, it’s often something much different.

It is the perfect time of year to fly Frontier Airlines from Milwaukee to one of its sunny destinations in the South or West. Some of Frontier's employees say that they pay a stiff price to work for the low-cost airline, however.

In a pair of federal lawsuits, a group of female pilots and flight attendants say Frontier discriminates against pregnant women and nursing moms. They said the airline "forced them to make impossible choices between their families and their livelihood."