By: Joseph D. Birdsall
On July 3, 2025, the Wisconsin Legislature passed Wisconsin’s biennial budget bill. Governor Evers signed the bill into law the same day. Included in the budget bill is a provision establishing a fee schedule for worker’s compensation medical bills generated by Wisconsin hospitals. This is a favorable development for employers and insurers that will limit their worker’s compensation medical expense exposures for medical bills generated by hospitals in Wisconsin.
The new bill creates Wis. Stat.
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Employment Law implications of Trump’s New One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)
By: Luis Padilla
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law a budget and reconciliation package known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
The following are provisions of interest that will have an Employee/Employer impact.
- Family and Medical Leave Credits: the paid family and medical leave credit established under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act become permanent under the OBBBA. Employers that offer this benefit can offset the costs with credit, except for those benefits mandated
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Lindner & Marsack, S.C., welcomes Luis Padilla, Jr. to its labor and employment practice
Lindner & Marsack, S.C., one of the region’s most respected and long-standing management-side labor and employment law firms, announced that Luis Padilla, Jr. has joined the firm as a Partner. Padilla will practice out of Lindner & Marsack’s Milwaukee office.
Padilla brings decades of experience in management-side labor relations, having led internal labor and employment operations for municipal governments, national health care providers, utilities, and private sector employers across the country. He has served successfully as first chair and
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JOIN US FOR THE 2025 ANNUAL NWCDN CONFERENCE
Registration is open for the 2025 National Worker’s Compensation Defense Network conference on September 24-25, 2025, hosted at the iconic Radisson Blue Aqua in downtown Chicago! Lindner & Marsack is proud to be a founding member of NWCDN where Attorney Chelsie Springstead currently serves as the Treasurer and both Chelsie Springstead and Melissa Stone are part of the conference planning committee.
As always, you can expect cutting-edge insights on the latest information and trends in worker’s compensation, featuring expert-led
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Lindner & Marsack’s Samantha Wood Published in Wisconsin Lawyer
We would like to congratulate Samantha Wood, attorney at Lindner & Marsack, S.C., on her recent publication in Wisconsin Lawyer. Her article, “Leveraging Immigration to Address Labor Shortages,” provides timely and essential guidance for employers navigating workforce challenges in today’s tight labor market.
Samantha explores how nonimmigrant visa programs—such as H-1B, TN, L-1, R-1, O-1, E-2, and B-1—can serve as practical tools for employers looking to fill temporary or specialized roles. With labor-force participation declining and recruitment becoming more
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Maryland District Court Issues Preliminary Injunction As To Trump’s Executive Order
By: Alexandra (Sasha) Chepov
As indicated in our February 2025 E-Alert, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” which revoked Executive Order 11246’s affirmative action requirements (hereinafter referred to as the “Executive Order”). Almost immediately after signing the Executive Order, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, the American Association of University Professors, Restaurant Opportunities Center, and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore Maryland filed suit in the
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President Trump Revokes Executive Order 11246’s Affirmative Action Requirements
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” This Order revokes Executive Order 11246 (signed in 1965), which historically required federal contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action initiatives to ensure applicants and employees were treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
While President Trump’s directive allows contractors to continue complying with E.O. 11246 for a period of 90 days
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Changes to H-1B Program Now In Effect
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a new regulation to modernize and improve the H‑1B program, a visa program commonly used by U.S. employers to temporarily hire foreign workers for specialized occupations. The new regulation took effect on January 17, 2025.
The intent of the H-1B program is to help employers who cannot otherwise obtain needed business skills and abilities from the U.S. workforce by authorizing the temporary employment of qualified individuals from outside the U.S. The
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Interplay Between FMLA and State or Local Family and Medical Leave Programs
On January 14, 2025, the Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued an opinion letter stating that employers are not permitted to require employees to use accrued employer-provided paid leave benefits during a designated Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave when the employee is also receiving benefits from a state or local family and medical leave program.
In the last few years, many states and localities have established paid family and medical leave programs that
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Texas Court Strikes Down DOL Overtime Rule
Late last week a federal district court in Texas struck down the Department of Labor (DOL) rule that was set to increase the salary thresholds again for exempt white-collar executive, professional and administrative employees (EAP) under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The court ruling not only impacts the salary increase scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2025, but also invalidates the prior salary increase that took effect in July, 2024.
In April 2024, the DOL passed a
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Excellence in Practice: Super Lawyers® Lindner & Marsack, S.C. Attorneys Selected for 2024 List
Due to the high level of criteria and rigorous selection process utilized by Super Lawyers®, Lindner & Marsack, S.C. is proud to announce the inclusion of several of our attorneys to the 2024 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists:
2024 Wisconsin Super Lawyers®—Employment Law – Management, Labor Law, and Litigation – Labor and Employment:
Oyvind Wistrom
Sally A. Piefer
2024 Wisconsin Super Lawyers®—Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers:
Andrew J. Quartaro
Chelsie D. Springstead
Daniel M. Pedriana
Douglas M. Feldman
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Lindner & Marsack S.C. Achieves Recognition in 2025 Best Law Firms® Rankings
We are proud to announce that Lindner & Marsack S.C. has been recognized for our commitment to legal excellence in the 2025 edition of the Best Law Firms® rankings. This prestigious acknowledgment, independently produced by Best Lawyers, highlights our firm’s dedication to providing superior legal services across various practice areas.
The Best Law Firms® rankings are a crucial resource in the legal industry, offering a guide to the top-performing law firms across 127 practice areas and 188 jurisdictions. The
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FTC Non-Compete Rule Struck Down
By: Sally A. Piefer / August 21, 2024
As we indicated in our April 2024 E-Alert, earlier this year the FTC issued a Final Rule which would have made nearly all non-compete agreements unenforceable. The Final Rule was slated to go into effect on September 4, 2024. In addition to making most non-competes illegal, the Final Rule required employers to provide written notice to employees who were subject to the offending non-compete agreements.
Almost immediately lawsuits were filed
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Lindner & Marsack, S.C., Announces 2025 Best Lawyers Designations
Lindner & Marsack, S.C., a leading management-side labor, employment, and worker’s compensation defense firm, is proud to announce that several of its attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers magazine and Best Lawyers in America for 2025. These distinctions highlight the exceptional work and dedication our team brings to supporting employers throughout Wisconsin and beyond.
The attorneys recognized in this year’s Best Lawyers lists include:
Douglas M. Feldman: Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
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Daniel J.
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Lindner & Marsack, S.C., Announces 2025 Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers Designations
Lindner & Marsack, S.C., a leading management-side labor, employment, and worker’s compensation defense firm, is proud to announce that several of its attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers magazine and Best Lawyers in America for 2025. These distinctions highlight the exceptional work and dedication our team brings to supporting employers throughout Wisconsin and beyond.
The attorneys recognized in this year’s Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers lists include:
Douglas M. Feldman: Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
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Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Forum Registration Now Open!
Please join us for the 2024 Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Forum on October 2 and 3, 2024, at the Brookfield Conference Center. In addition to programming, the event offers networking opportunities, an exhibitor hall, attendee giveaways, and the popular happy hours!
Lindner & Marsack is one of the founding members of the Wisconsin Worker’s Forum and our own Chelsie Springstead sits on the Forum Board.
If you are unable to attend in person, a virtual option will
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