Published: April 19, 2011
Tags: 4th District Court of Appeals, 9to5, Dana Schultz, Linda Meric, National Association of Working Women, sick leave, Steve Baas
By James Briggs A nonprofit organization that has been pushing in court for Milwaukee workers to receive guaranteed paid time off for illness is conceding the local battle — for now. But 9to5, National Association of Working Women will keep lobbying for a federal bill that ultimately would inform sick-leave policies in cities such as [...]
Published: March 24, 2011
Tags: 9 to 5, 9to5, Beightol, Dana Schultz, Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce, National Association of Working Women, sick leave, Steve Baas
By James Briggs A Thursday court ruling would guarantee mandatory paid sick days for workers of Milwaukee-based companies. But the state Legislature could get the last word. The Madison-based 4th District Court of Appeals declared constitutional a 2008 referendum, approved by 70 percent of Milwaukee voters, that mandates full-time workers earn at least one hour [...]
Published: October 14, 2010
Tags: 9to5, Charles Engberg, Court of Appeals, Engberg Anderson Inc., John Jorgensen, Metropolitan Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, Milwaukee Circuit Court, National Association of Working Women, Painters and Allied Trades District Council No. 7, sick leave, Tom Barrett, Tony Gibert, Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Wisconsin Supreme Court
By Marie Rohde A deadlocked Wisconsin Supreme Court was unable to decide the constitutionality of the Milwaukee ordinance requiring city employers provide sick leave for workers. On a 3-3 vote, the Supreme Court on Thursday sent the case back to the Madison-based 4th District Court of Appeals with instructions that the three-judge court should decide [...]
Published: October 1, 2010
Tags: 9to5, common council, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, National Association of Working Women, sick leave, Supreme Court
By Marie Rohde The Wisconsin Supreme Court is weighing whether the Milwaukee Common Council went beyond what voters approved in a referendum requiring businesses offer sick leave to workers. The court, which heard oral arguments Friday in the Washington County Courthouse in West Bend, also will decide whether Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Cooper [...]
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
Comments: 1
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Published: November 11, 2009
Tags: 9to5, DeLauro, Dodd, H1N1, leave, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, MMAC, National Association of Working Women, sick, virus
Comments: 3
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 [...]
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,” [...]
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