A multi-state carpenters union is organizing demonstrations outside Northwestern Mutual buildings in downtown Milwaukee in response to what it alleges is the use of unfair labor practices in the construction nearby of a new apartment tower for the insurance company. ...

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Proposed law changes would have unemployment claimants facing heightened criminal penalties unless they can prove that any incorrect information they had submitted to get jobless benefits was the result of a mistake.

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The improving economy has meant only one employer has applied to take advantage of a Wisconsin law that lets workers continue receiving full pay even after their hours have been reduced to prevent layoffs.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation spent $580,000 in 2006 on a Marathon County highway in return for a local quarry operator’s promise to hire 116 workers within three years.

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Ignorance is a company’s best defense when state auditors start asking questions about misclassified workers.

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About 11 percent of Wisconsin employers are at risk of losing their operation licenses because they owe money to the state’s unemployment insurance fund, according to the Department of Workforce Development.

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The owner of Allen Howe & Son Inc. is facing charges he embezzled more than $56,000 from employees.

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Optimism fueled the prediction green construction would create 13,000 Wisconsin jobs by 2012. The reality of a national recession stalled that growth before it really got started.

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By Sean Ryan Ozaukee County officials say they are almost in the clear after work on county buildings without a permit drew complaints from construction unions. The dispute is over two contracts for county administrative building facade improvements the county ...

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