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IMMUNITY FOR WHAT? WHAT DOES THE EMPLOYER IMMUNITY UNDER WISCONSIN’S NEW CONCEALED CARRY LAW REALLY PROVIDE?
Posted by Attorney Roger L. Pettit in Employer-Employee Relationship, Business Management / Comments
Wisconsin Act 35 became effective November 1st. one of the act’s provisions provides immunity for employers “from any liability arising from its decision” to allow employees and invitees who are properly licensed to carry a concealed weapon.The purpose of the grant of immunity no doubt was to encourage acceptance of weapons in the workplace for those who have gotten a license to do so. But what does this immunity really ...
Read MoreEMPLOYEE RIGHTS REVISITED: WHAT THE NEW NLRB POSTER DOESN’T TELL EMPLOYEES ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS
Posted by Attorney Roger L. Pettit in Business Management, Labor Relations / Comments
In a previous post we reminded employers that beginning November 14, 2011 a new poster has to be displayed in the workplace that purports to advise employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). What the official poster stresses are employee rights and employer prohibitions as they relate to the presence of organized labor (Labor Unions) in the workplace.On October 5, 2011, the National Labor Relations ...
Read MoreEMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION, LET ME COUNT THE WAYS
Posted by Attorney Roger L. Pettit in Employer-Employee Relationship, Business Management / Comments
Employers are by now aware that discrimination in the workplace is unlawful. The original list of protected characteristics has expanded from the original race and national origin, protected in some form since the Civil Rights act of 1866, and now includes sex, age, disability, genetics, and in some jurisdictions, sexual orientation, family status, and transgender status. But just how savvy is the employer of a small business of the ways ...
Read MoreDon't Bring Your Guns to Town
Posted by Attorney Roger L. Pettit in Employer-Employee Relationship, Business Management / Comments
Beginning in November, Wisconsin citizens, if properly licensed, may carry concealed weapons. There is no prohibition against carrying these weapons in the workplace. However businesses have the unilateral right to decide for themselves whether or not to allow guns in their workplace with one exception – they cannot forbid employees from having guns in their automobiles in company parking lots.Now is the time for employers to make decisions regarding ...
Read MoreAvoiding 103.465
Posted by Attorney Roger L. Pettit in Employer-Employee Relationship, Business Management / Comments
July 13, 2011 marked the one (1) year anniversary of a Wisconsin Court of Appeals’ decision that adds a twist to the development of the law interpreting restrictive covenants for employees. In the case of Selmer Company v. Rinn, the Court of Appeals upheld an injunction and other damages against a former employee who violated his agreement not to solicit the company’s customers and to refrain from ...
Read MoreTiger's Mistress: Confidentiality Agreements in Wisconsin
Posted by Attorney Roger L. Pettit in Business Contracts, Employer-Employee Relationship, Human Resources / Comments
By:Roger L. PettitA recent article on FoxSports.Com, carried the news that one of Tiger Wood’s mistresses has returned most of the hush money she received from the now infamous golfer. What does this have to do with employment law? Actually nothing, except that the scenario illustrates the dilemma faced by employers and employees when confronting an allegation that an employee has violated a confidentiality agreement. Such agreements are almost ...
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