As Wisconsin revisits rules to crack down on worker misclassification, a new law that took effect in Minnesota on Monday is attaching criminal penalties not only to that particular abuse but also other forms of wage theft — making it one of the strictest such laws in the country.
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Largest winning bids in Wisconsin from the previous week, according to The Daily Reporter’s JobTrac bidding service.
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Read More »A lawsuit filed last week argues the Waukesha-based concrete contractor Spancrete should have included employee bonuses when it tallied overtime payments for employees working at the company's manufacturing plant in Valders.
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Read More »A lawsuit filed this week accuses a Fox Valley dump truck company of shorting a former driver on pay.
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The brand new solar array that Jerry Erjavec installed on his garage at his home finally began to live up to its promise last month after a brutal winter and tepid spring.
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The notion that construction is a man’s job is still widespread, but that’s changing — albeit slowly.
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Read More »Design Tech Remodeling of Mequon was recently honored with the National Association of The Remodeling Industry Milwaukee Best of Tour Award at the 20th annual NARI Milwaukee Tour of Remodeled Homes held on May 18 and 19. The tour featured 14 local remodelers showcasing projects at 15 Milwaukee-area homes.
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Various environmental and civil-rights groups are calling on the state Legislature to abandon plans for a long-proposed expansion of Interstate 94 west of downtown Milwaukee and other big highway projects.
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Largest winning bids in Wisconsin from the previous week, according to The Daily Reporter’s JobTrac bidding service.
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Gov. Tony Evers and the state's GOP-led budget-writing committee largely agree that Wisconsin should pump a good deal more money into roads over the next two years.
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