Wisconsin workers may be interested to learn that a federal court has ruled that a poultry feed company violated federal anti-discrimination laws by making job applicants disclose their personal health histories before they could be considered for employment. The...
Month: June 2016
Updated FMLA poster released by Department of Labor
Most employers in Wisconsin and around the country with a staff of 50 or more are required to display a poster in the workplace that informs workers of their rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act. The Department of Labor updated this poster on April...
Woman’s charges against WeWork found to have merit
Wisconsin residents may be interested in learning that the National Labor Relations Board found merit in the charges filed against WeWork by a plaintiff who was fired from her position at the office space sharing company. The employee also has a pending civil suit...
Workers in some states are paid while taking family leave
Though employees in Wisconsin can take family leave after a childbirth or adoption, the leave is usually unpaid. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, full-time employees of employers subject to the federal law can take 12 weeks of unpaid time off per year for...
Job protection when injuries, illnesses occur
Many employees in Wisconsin have their jobs protected by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act when needing to take time off work for certain reasons. One company and its employee are going to court because of a possible FMLA violation after the worker was fired...
Statute of limitations for FMLA complaints
One of the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act requires employers in Wisconsin and around the country to give their workers certain notifications, and they may face litigation when they are unable to establish that these required notices were received. One...
Bank executive files whistle-blower discrimination complaint
Many Wisconsin residents use Bank of America for their various banking needs. On May 16, a female executive with BoA filed a 41-page complaint against the company in Manhattan federal court. In addition to gender discrimination allegations, the 42-year-old executive...
Making the Family and Medical Leave Act work
The federal Family and Medical Leave Act has nuances that both Wisconsin employees and their supervisors need to understand in order to ensure the program works smoothly. A company's human resources department generally approves an employee's request for leave, but...