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From President Trump’s Recent Executive Order and the U.S. Supreme Court’s Anticipated Decision this spring on Use of Public Bathrooms According to One’s Gender Identity, to a Case Pending in Minnesota Federal Court Involving Claims of Discrimination in Health Care under the Affordable Care Act and the Minnesota Human Rights Act On February 22nd, the…
Read MoreIt is likely pure coincidence that the EEOC issued its position on national origin discrimination within days of the November elections. The guidelines went into effect on November 21, 2016, modifying the EEOC’s previous position on national origin discrimination, issued 15 years ago. The current guidelines are consistent with the EEOC’s Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP)…
Read MoreThousands of employers affected by the US Department of Labor’s Minimum Salary Rule for Overtime Pay Exemptions have anxiously awaited the outcome of litigation that blocks the rule from going into effect as intended, on December 1, 2016. A Federal District court in Sherman, Texas ruled just before Thanksgiving that the DOL exceed its authority…
Read MoreWhen a federal court in Sherman, Texas issued a nation-wide injunction on November 22nd that blocked the Department of Labor’s new overtime regulation, thousands of employers across the country breathed a sigh of relief. The DOL’s new rule was to have gone into effect on December 1st and would have more than doubled the minimum…
Read MoreAllison Wells comes to Wessels Sherman from a highly regarded Twin Cities immigration law firm, where she focused her practice on representing employers in all aspects of employment-based immigration matters. Her extensive experience includes helping employers throughout much of the country with a broad spectrum of workplace immigration needs, including: EB-1 multinational managers, PERM Labor…
Read MoreEach year, Wessels Sherman hosts a full-day seminar where attorneys from our offices in Chicago, IL; Minneapolis, MN; Milwaukee, WI; and Davenport, IA, come together in one of our locations, to present on many of the most important workplace issues faced by employers around the country. In 2017, the location will be here, in Minneapolis.…
Read MoreAlready, Penn State University has paid a heavy price (millions of dollars and lost football scholarships, not to mention damage to its reputation) for allegedly sweeping under the rug scandalous conduct of convicted sex offender and former assistant football coach, Jerry Sandusky. However, while Penn State’s football team appears to have weathered the storm, the…
Read MoreAs of December 1st most employees whose annualized salaries are less than $47,476, will be entitled to overtime pay even though their job duties would otherwise qualify for an exemption as executive, administrative or professional. A federal court in Texas is expected to rule next Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by employer groups seeking to…
Read MoreElection Day is fast approaching – Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Like most states, Minnesota has a law that protects employees’ rights to be absent from work for a sufficient amount of time to be able to vote. Under the Minnesota law, employees have the right to “be absent from work for the time necessary to…
Read More1. Employer Contesting Recently Fired, Gun-Toting Former Employee’s Presence at Union Election Site, Must Prove it Actually Affected Outcome of Election. Those who are unfamiliar with how the NLRB conducts union elections, might be surprised to learn just how particular are its procedures. Employee notices of election information – date/time/location – must be posted in…
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