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
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 …