Michael G. Koutnik

A recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision provides insight into how courts will interpret a 2013 revision to Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance benefits law. Under that…

With the 2016 Presidential campaign well underway, the issue of immigration continues to grab headlines. While legal/illegal immigration is a personal issue for many individual…

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has fired another salvo in its war of employee/independent contractor classification. As most employers know, independent contractors are…

Most employers know that including the phrase “people over 40 need not apply” in a job posting puts the company on the fast track to…

Employers should take a “pregnant pause” to review their employee leave policies, in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision under the federal Pregnancy…