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The United States Supreme Court held for the first time that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits employers from discriminating against their employees/applicants on the basis of their sexual orientation and/or transgender status. Read More About The Bostock Decision: How The U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling on Sexual Orientation and Transgender Discrimination Impacts Wisconsin Employers
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Governor Tim Walz issued Emergency Executive Order 20-54 titled “Protecting Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions and Retaliation During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency.” This Executive Order, as well as countless orders across the United States, Read More About Addressing Worker Safety and Reasonable Accommodation Issues as Employees Return to Work
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In this 17 minute interview uploaded on March 28th 2020, John Gardner of DeWitt LLP and Aaron Schneider of the Petenwell Group discuss key elements involved with the Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) Timelines, Expansion of FMLA, Emergenc Read More About Employment Attorney John Gardner Answers FFRCA Questions in this Recorded Interview
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For a number of years now, an increasing amount of employers have adopted policies requiring their employees (or at least certain subsets of their employees) to enter into binding arbitration agreements that contain class action waivers. Read More About Not So Fast: You Mean There’s A Potential Downside to Class Action Waivers In Employment Arbitration Agreements?
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During the summer of 2019, Illinois passed sweeping #MeToo legislation designed to increase employee protections against discrimination in the workplace. Read More About Illinois’ New Sexual Harassment Training Requirement – Who Needs To Comply?