September 25, 2019
Plastics News, Steve Toloken, September 24, 2019- SC Johnson & Son Inc. is leaving the Plastics Industry Association, the latest large consumer products maker to exit the business group in a dispute over environmental policies. Greenpeace USA said in a Sept. 24 news release that Racine, Wis.-based SC Johnson told …
May 8, 2018
The National Law Review, Keith E. Kopplin & Christopher J. Johnson, May 7, 2018- On April 16, 2018, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed an amended version of 2017 Assembly Bill 748, thereby declaring a number of employment issues to be matters of statewide concern and therefore beyond the scope of municipal regulation. Although the …
April 2, 2018
In Business, Mike Gotzler, March 28, 2018- On March 22, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed a bill to preempt local governments from enacting and enforcing ordinances related to a multitude of employment matters. Since the bill has now passed both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature, it is expected that Governor …
April 2, 2018
The National Law Review, Tony H. McGrath and Craig T. Papka, April 2, 2018- Joining more than two dozen other states that have barred local enactment of minimum wage or other employment laws, on March 22, 2018 the Wisconsin legislature passed Assembly Bill 748, intended to promote statewide uniformity in the …
April 2, 2018
Lexology, Adam-Paul John Tuzzo and Jonathan O. Levine, March 27, 2018- In recent years, cities, counties, and other local government bodies across the country have enacted ordinances increasing the minimum wage, granting paid and unpaid sick leave, placing restrictions on how employees are scheduled, and requiring employers to enter into “labor peace …