We, at the Wiley Law Office, understand that this year has been possibly the hardest year on families across the world in recent memory, and there is no telling what the rest of the year could bring. The pandemic has …
As we all had feared, the Coronavirus pandemic has only gotten worse in the U.S. as temperatures have gotten colder, resulting in another extended quarantine for Minnesotans. This time, the Governor has, through his 99th executive order of the year, …
It was really just a matter of time before grievances started to be filed over different working issues that popped up during the pandemic. While many employers have had great success in working with unions on the changes that needed …
In a slow news week like this one, we sometimes take an opportunity to get our readers caught up on stories we’ve been keeping our eye on in the world of labor and employment law. For the past year, we’ve …
Yesterday, the State of Minnesota reported its first double-digit positive test rate for Covid-19, and has been reporting record numbers of positive tests for weeks. Across the country, many states are experiencing significant upticks in Covid-19 as students are back …
With forewarning of a new “spike” in coronavirus cases in Minnesota and the rest of the U.S. this winter, and the complication of the regular flu added to the mix, employers are faced with the possibility of losing many of …
Here at the Wiley Law Office, we spend lots of time talking about misbehaving employees, investigations and negotiations, but there’s one thing that frequently gets left out of our blogs – bosses! We’d like to take a moment to share …
In case you’ve been avoiding television, or your phone, or going outside, or your computer (how are you reading this blog?) you’re aware that a national election is coming up. We’re less than a month away from the election, when …
While some of us labor attorneys might recall reading about private labor cases requiring employers to tear down the already-completed work of their employees simply because they were wearing the wrong union pin, in Minnesota, generally, there is no such …
In an era where law enforcement is facing more public scrutiny than ever, employers are attempting to step up efforts to curb both violent and racially biased behavior by officers on the street and in the office. Months ago, we …
