39,000 Minnesotans experience some form of wage theft every year. Whether it be a restaurant owner taking money from the tips of its employees, or employers withholding commissions, or demanding the employee pay back certain wages received in order for …
We often talk about Minnesota labor law without giving much regard to the other states, but an award from a state arbitrator in Connecticut was so intriguing, we could not pass up sharing it with you. The Connecticut State Police …
On May 14, 2019, the Wiley Law Office celebrated Senior Associate Ben Reber’s first anniversary with the firm. Since that point, the firm has been able to offer expanded services, greater educational opportunities, and additional resources upon which our clients …
The “Gig Economy” is booming. With app-based work exploding in recent years, consumers can procure virtually anything through application-based services – from groceries to handypersons to rides. However, the gig economy has not come without its share of speed bumps …
As mega-employers Target and Walmart face lawsuits from minority applicants for overly-broad or racially discriminatory criminal background checks, the smaller employers of the world need to take a look at their own hiring practices to see if they are running …
Since medical cannabis was introduced in Minnesota, the number of conditions qualifying individuals for placement on the medical cannabis registry has grown annually. With the addition of Alzheimer’s disease in August of 2019, the number of conditions for which medical cannabis can …
In another effort to assist businesses in maintaining compliance with the often-tricky Fair Labor Standards Act, the Department of Labor proposed regulations in late March that make it easier to determine whether bonuses are discretionary, and eliminate the inclusion of …
On March 10, 2015, Thaleaha McBee informed her employer of her lifting restriction due to disc narrowing, a bulged disc, and bone spurs in her vertebrae. For one day, her employer accommodated her by placing her on a machine that …
The U.S. Department of Labor recently released a proposal that would reduce claims against corporations based on wage violations of their franchisees. In hopes of reversing an Obama-era rule where corporations could be held liable for minimum-wage violations of its …
In Karst v. F.C. Hayer Company, the Minnesota Supreme Court held an employee who received workers’ compensation benefits for work-related injuries was barred from bringing a disability discrimination claim under the Minnesota Human Rights Act based on the same employer’s …
