Published: February 18, 2010
Tags: 9to5, appeals court, Building Solutions, Macejkovic, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, MMAC, referendum, sick leave, Steve Baas, Supreme Court, Wisconsin Court of Appeals District 1
By Sean Ryan
Building Service Inc. will move about two miles west to Menomonee Falls if Milwaukee’s sick leave law takes effect.
“We lease our building,” said James Macejkovic, executive vice president of the Milwaukee-based contractor. “We’ve done a search, and we’ve got options that are available. And if we have to, we’ll pull the trigger.”
Macejkovic will [...]
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 22, 2010
Tags: Employment Policies Institute, Irvine, job growth, law, sick leave, unemployment, University of California, Wisconsin
To the editor:
Especially with Wisconsin’s unemployment rate increasing 52 percent from November 2008 to November 2009, efforts to mandate paid sick leave are thoroughly misguided — “Milwaukee sick leave law appeal to get hearing Wednesday,” dailyreporter.com, Jan. 20.
Forcing employers — a majority of whom already have sick leave policies in place — to commit to [...]
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
Comments: 2
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: January 20, 2010
Tags: 9to5 Milwaukee, appeal, Court of Appeals, sick leave
By Paul Snyder
The Wisconsin District IV Court of Appeals on Wednesday will hear oral arguments in the appeal of Milwaukee’s sick leave law.
The sick leave law, 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 must offer [...]
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: 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: June 12, 2009
Tags: 9 to 5, MMAC, sick leave
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce on Friday won its sick leave lawsuit when a judge declared the city law unconstitutional.
The MMAC sued the city in December to get the law thrown out. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Cooper on Friday decided (PDF) in favor of the MMAC.
Throughout the trial, Cooper said he [...]
Published: May 19, 2009
Tags: Chrysler, Kenosha, Minnesota, Northstar, Rail, sick leave
Federal sick-leave bill would grant up to seven days annually
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., on Monday introduced a federal bill that would require workers to receive sick leave.
The bill has 101 sponsors, including Wisconsin Democratic representatives Tammy Baldwin and Gwen Moore.
The bill requires companies with 15 or more workers to let workers earn up to seven [...]
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