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 …
As part of the Individual Providers of Direct Support Services Representation Act of 2013, personal care assistants (PCAs) were allowed to organize for collective bargaining under PELRA. To assist with that, the Minnesota Department of Human Services must maintain a …
On this blog, we don’t often discuss statutes that apply specifically to federal employees. Despite our high opinions of those willing to work the front lines for the federal government, there are many laws that just don’t apply to the …
Like all things during the Covid-19 pandemic, the processing of grievances for public employers was put on hold while people did their best to stay safe and quarantine. However, after things began to slowly open up again, the Wiley Law …
A few weeks ago, we discussed how the state of California had taken major strides in order to modify the definition of employee and reclassify the thousands of “gig workers” in the state to be employees of the companies who …
