The global health crisis has brought unprecedented changes to the country, both at home and at work. With the announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governor of Minnesota has issues a number of executive orders in effort to slow the …
You’ve likely already begun planning for an impending widespread illness to possibly hit your organization in the near future. Companies normally have a plan in place to deal with some form of illness within the organization every year, and this …
While we in Minnesota are used to balmy 50-degree weather now that spring has arrived, some of us have forgotten how awful the weather can get in the north. Some people may not recall how, just one winter ago, schools …
Aside from the desire to bring you the most up to date information on public labor happenings in Minnesota, the main reason we pay such close attention to the latest interest arbitration awards is to better serve our clients. We …
After two years in the making, the Wiley Law Office is happy to announce…our new website! It’s been a long time coming, but we are really excited for the new website design and functionality. You can still find us at …
For the last five years, employers and workplace investigators nationwide have been forced to tiptoe around the subject of confidentiality during workplace investigations. You’d like to get everyone’s independent recollection of events, but you don’t want to trample on an …
In the last week, two major fast food employers were found to have violated child labor laws. First, Manna, Inc., a franchisee of Wendy’s and Fazoli’s restaurants, allowed 14- and 15-year old employees to work more hours than approved by …
Minimum wage ordinances were all the rage in the 2010s. With the federal minimum wage increasing at a snail’s pace, and state minimums not growing any faster, municipalities began taking the law into their own hands, and adopting minimum wage …
It was recently announced that after years of litigation, news company CNN has agreed to pay over 300 unionized camera operators a total of $76 million. The award was the result of the company terminating the contracts of the …
In 2017, the student library employees at the University of Chicago voted to organize and work under a collective bargaining agreement. The 200 workers sought higher wages and a more stable schedule, amongst other benefits, for the work they were …
