Published: February 17, 2010
Tags: 9to5, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Milwaukee sick leave law, National Association of Working Women, Wisconsin Court of Appeals District 4, Wisconsin Supreme Court
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By Sean Ryan
A state court of appeals will ask the Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider the case over Milwaukee’s sick leave law.
Instead of ruling Thursday in the lawsuit between the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce and 9to5, National Association of Working Women, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District 4 will refer it to the higher [...]
Published: February 16, 2010
Tags: 9to5, appeal, lawsuit, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, National Association of Working Women, sick leave, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Wisconsin Court of Appeals District Four
A Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Thursday morning will publish its decision on the case challenging Milwaukee’s sick leave law.
The case is over a city of Milwaukee law that, if enacted, would require workers get at least one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked in Milwaukee.
Companies with fewer than 10 workers [...]
Published: January 20, 2010
Tags: 9to5 Milwaukee, Baas, Cooper, District IV Court of Appeals, Higginbotham, law, lawsuit, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Michael Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, National Association of Working Women, Olson, sick day, sick leave, Stear
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By Paul Snyder
The future of Milwaukee’s sick leave law might hinge on the wording of a referendum question city voters approved in November 2008.
That wording was at the heart of oral arguments Wednesday before three Wisconsin District IV Court of Appeals judges in Madison. The ballot asked voters whether the Common Council should adopt an [...]
Published: November 11, 2009
Tags: 9to5, Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee Inc., Baas, Burazin, CG Schmidt Inc., DeLauro¸ Meyers, Dodd, H1N1, M.A. Mortenson Co., Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Milwaukee, National Association of Working Women, sick leave, Stear, swine flu
By Sean Ryan
Milwaukee-area contractors are not experiencing the swine flu problems that are fueling the effort to require paid sick leave at businesses.
“If anybody needs it, it’s available,” Doug Mortenson, M.A. Mortenson Co. operating group safety director in Brookfield, said of time off. “No questions asked.”
But the flu is adding weight to arguments for paid [...]
Published: November 11, 2009
Tags: 9to5, DeLauro, Dodd, H1N1, leave, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, MMAC, National Association of Working Women, sick, virus
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By Sean Ryan
As a court battle continues to rage in Milwaukee over paid local sick leave requirements, federal legislation was proposed Tuesday to require sick days to combat H1N1 flu.
Milwaukee voters approved a law by referendum in November 2008 that requires businesses to let employees working in the city accrue up to nine sick days [...]
Published: September 11, 2009
Tags: 9to5, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, National Association of Working Women
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Depending on which side of the Milwaukee sick leave lawsuit is talking, the city’s decision to sit out the appeal is either a demonstration of political courage or a huge disappointment to voters.
“It really is a good demonstration of leadership from those folks, because there was a lot of pressure there,” said Steve Baas, [...]
Published: July 21, 2009
Tags: 9to5, appeal, lawsuit, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Milwaukee, National Association of Working Women, sick leave
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Both sides of the sick-leave debate are pressuring Milwaukee officials as they consider whether the city should join the appeal against a court decision rejecting the law.
City leaders say they are still on the fence but have nearly two months to decide before the court deadline to file an appeal.
Alderman Ashanti Hamilton, chairman [...]
Published: June 12, 2009
Tags: 9to5, Healthy Families Act, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce, National Association of Working Women, sick leave
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Federal proposals and the promise of an appeal mean sick-leave requirements did not die when a Milwaukee judge rejected the city’s law.
One of the defendants in the case, 9to5, National Association of Working Women, promised Friday to appeal Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Cooper’s decision to void the Milwaukee sick-leave law.
The Milwaukee [...]
Published: May 11, 2009
Tags: 9to5, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce Milwaukee County Circuit Court, National Association of Working Women, sick leave
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
During a Monday afternoon court hearing on Milwaukee’s sick-leave law, attorneys for the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce argued the rules would conflict with collective-bargaining agreements.
MMAC attorney Scott Beightol of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee, said employees and companies have established methods to negotiate benefits packages. He said the more specific a [...]
Published: May 11, 2009
Tags: 9to5, Family Values @ Work, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, National Association of Working Women, sick leave, swine flu
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Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
A Milwaukee business group suing to overturn the city’s sick-leave law takes little solace in a pending bill to establish similar federal rules.
The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce argues Milwaukee’s sick-leave law puts employers in the city at a disadvantage when competing against companies that do not have to follow the mandate. And [...]
