5 Signs of Age Discrimination

Douglas J. Carroll, Jr. Employee Rights, Milwaukee Age Discrimination Attorney, Wisconsin Employment Law Basics

Age discrimination in employment is a very real problem.  In 2017, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) processed 18,376 charges alleging age discrimination.  These charges represent 21.8% of the total number of employment discrimination and retaliation charges processed by the EEOC.  As a Milwaukee Employment Attorney, I suspect that these statistics do not do justice to the pervasiveness of age …

Wisconsin Supreme Court Confirms Non-Solicitation Of Employee Clauses Are Non-Compete Agreements

Douglas J. Carroll, Jr. Employee Rights News, Employment Contracts, Milwaukee Employment Lawyer, Non-Compete Agreements, Recent Decisions

Updating a previous Non-Compete Agreement Law post, on January 19, 2018, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a decision in Manitowoc Company v. Lanning affirming the Court of Appeals’ decision that Wisconsin’s non-compete statute, §103.465, Wis. Stats, applies to employment contracts which prohibit an employee from soliciting other employees to terminate their employment relationship with the employer.  Although not labeled as a non-compete agreement, the …