At June 19, 2025, meeting of the Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council, the labor and management proposals this year were presented to the public.
The labor proposals this year reflect many of the Department’s own proposals (for good and
Attorney Victor Forberger operates a solo legal practice focused on labor, employment, and unemployment law in Wisconsin. His work includes representing employees and employers in cases involving workplace discrimination, harassment, wage disputes, just cause for discharge, and collective bargaining. He also provides specialized representation in unemployment compensation appeals, leveraging his prior experience as an administrative law judge and hearing officer in Massachusetts. His publications and blog posts address practical legal issues such as unemployment legislation, postal service changes affecting legal deadlines, and detailed case analyses. The content is aimed at informing clients and the public about labor and unemployment law developments and practical legal guidance in these areas.
At June 19, 2025, meeting of the Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council, the labor and management proposals this year were presented to the public.
The labor proposals this year reflect many of the Department’s own proposals (for good and…
On May 19th of 2025, the legislature introduced a bill that gives drivers for Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and similar app-based companies the possibility of self-funded health insurance (in portable benefit accounts that could possibility also receive contributions from the companies…
On June 5th, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion that reversed the Wisconsin Supreme Court to find that the state court had violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment by explicitly imposing “a denominational preference by differentiating…
Webex does not work on Ubuntu 24.04/Noble systems.
Thanks to Michael Heilmann, the error is related to a missing apparmor profile.
I did fix this bug by adding a apparmor profile for Webex into a new file here…
At the 20 March 2025 meeting of the Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council, the Department introduced another round of extensive, substantive proposed changes to unemployment law.
Note: Despite many of these proposals being repeats from prior proposals, the Department did not…
On July 17, 2024, the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin ruled on a case challenging whether it was legal to prevent recipients of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) from also receiving Wisconsin unemployment compensation benefits.…
The US Supreme Court granted the petition for review in Catholic Charities, and oral argument is scheduled for March 31st at 10am eastern time. You can listen to the oral argument at this link.
The issue being addressed…
Given the mass layoffs of late happening with federal employees, some information for how federal employees can claim unemployment benefits is probably needed.
In general, the administration and eligibility calculations/determinations of unemployment benefits is handled at the state level.…
For more than a decade, an increasing number of workers are finding that they have “agreed” to have all of their workplace disputes handled through arbitration proceedings.
Note: This “agreement” is often little more than a clause in small print…
The diocese has petitioned for review before the US Supreme Court the Catholic Charities decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Note: All the filed materials with the US Supreme Court are available at the court’s public docket for this…