Related to: Unions
Today, the Budget Bill (2011 Wisconsin Act 32) was published, which results in an effective date of July 1, 2011. Included in the Budget Bill are significant changes to the rights of public employees, including employees of school districts. This Legal Update will provide a summary of these changes, and how they impact the changes…
Read MoreRight to Work is back in Wisconsin, for now. On Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Lisa Stark granted the State’s request for a stay of a circuit court judge’s ruling, which overturned Wisconsin’s Right to Work law in April 2016. As outlined in our previous client alert on this matter, Dane…
Read MoreOn Friday, April 8, 2016, a Dane County Circuit Court judge struck down Wisconsin’s Right to Work law, thirteen months after the law first took effect in the state. In his opinion, Judge William Foust held that Wisconsin’s Right to Work law is an unlawful taking that violates the Wisconsin Constitution because the law obligates…
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