While the public debate over the rising costs of health care continues to make headlines, the Justice Department believes that health care fraud is a costly problem. Fraud in the health care industry is hard to detect for the federal government without the help of...
Month: February 2017
Uber investigates sexual harassment, discrimination claims
Eric Holder is the former Attorney General of the United States, but he has taken on a new job these days. Holder was recently hired by Uber to head an investigation into claims of sexual harassment and discrimination made by a woman who used to work as an engineer...
Part II: Who is at highest risk of workplace injury?
Regular readers of our Milwaukee employment law blog know that our most recent post was about a new study of workplace injury and disability conducted by researchers at the University of California and Boston University.According to researchers, Hispanic immigrant men...
Who is at highest risk of workplace injury?
Milwaukee residents are understandably proud of the cultural diversity that is one of the strengths of our city. But we also understand that much work remains to ensure that everyone has the same rights and opportunities to succeed in America.A recent study shows that...
Former city worker alleges disability and race discrimination
It was originally a pot in which different types of metals were melted and combined. Today, we refer to America as a melting pot where different cultures, ethnicities, races, religions and more are blended.Unfortunately, there are sometimes employers and managers who...
A call to expand FMLA benefits
It is unlikely that you baked a cake or threw a birthday party for one of America's most treasured worker protections. Though the Family and Medical Leave Act turned 24 a few days ago to little fanfare, the event did not pass by unnoticed.A group of U.S. senators,...
Jury finds for plaintiff in racial discrimination case
There's an old saying that actions speak louder than words. That saying appears to have been one of the crucial factors in a recent racial discrimination court case decided far from us in Milwaukee.During the six-day trial, the director of personnel for the city of...