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Wisconsin established its fair employment law to ensure job applicants are treated fairly. Companies should set objective and unbiased hiring practices that ensure legal standards are met in hiring practices. Your recruitment practices, interviewing policies and...

School closings and the transition to working from home are adding stress to employees already struggling to balance work and family life. Depending on the number of people in your employ, the potential of needing to provide time for workers to care for sick family...

McDonald & Kloth, LLC has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a City of Racine employee alleging discrimination based upon race and disability, and retaliation for opposing discrimination in the workplace. Click here to read the full August 26, 2018 article in...

McDonald & Kloth, LLC, recently resolved a federal lawsuit on behalf of a City of Racine employee alleging discrimination based upon race and disability, and retaliation for opposing discrimination in the workplace. Click here to read the full July 18, 2019...

The school choice program has been hailed as one of the great modern advances in the education of today’s youth. The program provides students with families meeting certain income requirements an alternative to public instruction. Where the students historically had...

Federal and state wage and hour laws are fairly complex and can be quite confusing. These regulations become even more confusing when tips are involved. It’s not surprising, therefore, that industries employing tipped employees are fertile ground for wage and hour...

In Wisconsin, employees who suffer from a serious health condition can find protection under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Wisconsin’s Family and Medical Leave Act (WFMLA). In order to be afforded the protection under these employment laws, the...

Often – actually, more often than not – construction/demolition projects involve the prime/general contractor or principal hiring subcontractors to perform various specialized tasks on the project. The general understanding in such a relationship is that the...

Dakota Intertek Corp. (Dakota) is a construction and demolition company based in New Berlin, Wisconsin. Dakota has performed construction and demolition work, both privately and publicly, in the Midwest over the past 24-plus years. In 2016, Dakota subcontracted with...