Employment & Labor Law Posts

What's the difference between a seasonal employee and seasonal worker?

07/23/2016 Blogs Ellen Frantz, Employment Lawyer, La Crosse WI

Seasonal employee & seasonal worker seem synonymous but there’s a difference in healthcare benefits. It is not what you call the worker but how the position is defined Read More »

Social media policies: why you can't yell "fire" on the internet

03/24/2016 Blogs Ellen Frantz, Employment Lawyer, La Crosse WI

Attorney Ellen Frantz received a call years ago from a man fired because of a photo posted of him and others on a coworker’s Facebook page. Read More »

Think your work environment is hostile?

10/05/2015 Blogs Johns, Flaherty & Collins, SC

Hostile can be a vague term to most of us. We tend to take it at face value—to mean unkind, malicious, vitriolic. But when it comes to the workplace, hostile takes on new meaning, and it’s a fine line that separates an unfriendly workplace from a hostile one. Read More »

Second thoughts about a firing decision?

09/28/2015 Blogs Brent Smith, La Crosse Employment Lawyer

It isn’t common but occasionally supervisors may rethink the firing of an employee, especially if a legal issue comes to their attention. Read More »

Five common mistakes in hiring and firing

09/28/2015 Blogs Ellen Frantz, La Crosse Employment Attorney

Mistakes made in hiring and firing can be costly, which leads to attorney Ellen Frantz’s advice: hire slowly; fire fast. “If someone is not working out and you know it, make the decision rather than have that person hanging around for months. Things usually don’t get better; they usually get worse." Read More »

Employment at will has limitations

09/06/2015 Blogs Ellen Frantz, La Crosse WI Attorney

Employment at will allows an employer to fire a person for any (or no) reason. With no employment contract, employers can decide any time to let workers go Read More »

Blurred lines: email and texting tangling work, personal time

08/11/2015 Blogs Brent Smith, La Crosse Lawyer

Work time and personal time has blurred in recent years, especially with the handy access most people have to email and texting. It’s a trend that’s keeping many employees connected to work 24/7/365. Read More »

NBA Finals: Two legal moves that changed the sport & made some people rich

06/01/2015 Blogs Brian Weber, Attorney in La Crosse WI

With the NBA Final just days away, basketball fans are awaiting the match-up between the Cavaliers and the Warriors. In the meantime: two legal stories behind the NBA—one that made some older people very rich and another that’s earning some kids right out of high school more in one year than some of us will ever accrue in a lifetime. Read More »