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By: James Panther
After input from stakeholders including management, labor, insurers, medical professionals, attorneys and the DWD, Wisconsin has enacted 2025 Wisconsin Act 145, which introduces significant procedural and substantive updates to the Worker’s Compensation Act.
The Act went into effect April 1, 2026, with specific applicability rules for pending claims.  The most notable changes are as follows:

  • Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) Rate Increases and “Stacking”

    • The Act continues the trend of incremental increases to the maximum PPD weekly…
    Continue Reading Legal Alert: 2025 Wisconsin Act 145 Key Changes to the Worker’s Compensation Act

    Significant collective bargaining agreements are set to expire in 2026, notably in the entertainment and professional sports industry, drawing attention to high profile disputes that could have an impact for employers facing upcoming collective bargaining. More than 700 CBA’s are slated to run out in 2026, according to a Bloomberg law database.

    Unions have been hard at work engaging current membership in negative corporate campaigns, much as we have seen with Starbucks and Amazon organizing efforts. Unions have recently…
    Continue Reading Union Corporate Campaigns and Their Current Impact on Collective Bargaining

    We are thrilled to announce that Attorneys Joseph D. Birdsall, Tyler J. Hall, Matthew D. Kurudza, and James E. Panther have been promoted to Partners with Lindner & Marsack, S.C.!
    Each of these attorneys has been a vital asset to our Worker’s Compensation Defense team for years, consistently delivering outstanding results for our clients. Please join us in congratulating them on this well-deserved achievement!
    Learn more about their experience and achievements on their bio page:
    Joseph D. Birdsall,…
    Continue Reading Lindner & Marsack Announces Four New Partner Promotions

    Lindner & Marsack, S.C. is proud to announce that six of our attorneys have been selected for inclusion on the 2025 Wisconsin Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. These annual designations highlight attorneys who have earned strong peer recognition and demonstrated a high level of professional achievement in their practice areas.
    Super Lawyers selects only five percent of attorneys in each state, while no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list. We are honored to…
    Continue Reading Lindner & Marsack Attorneys Recognized on 2025 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

    We’re proud to announce that Lindner & Marsack S.C. has again been recognized in the 2026 edition of the Best Law Firms® rankings, reflecting our continued dedication to excellence across our practice areas.
    The Best Law Firms® rankings serve as a respected benchmark in the legal industry, evaluating law firms through client feedback, peer reviews, and in-depth quantitative data from law firms themselves.
    In the 2026 edition, Lindner & Marsack achieved national recognition with a Tier 3 ranking in…
    Continue Reading Lindner & Marsack S.C. Recognized in 2026 Best Law Firms® Rankings

    As indicated in our April 2024  and August 2024 E-Alerts, the FTC issued a Final Rule which would have made nearly all employment-related non-compete agreements unenforceable. The Final Rule was slated to go into effect in September 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 opposing the FTC’s Final Rule. A preliminary injunction prohibiting the…
    Continue Reading FTC Dismisses Cases on Final Rule Banning Employment-Related Non-Compete Agreements

    Lindner & Marsack, S.C. announced that Joseph Needham has joined the firm as an Attorney in its Workers’ Compensation Defense practice.
    In practice since 1999, Needham has extensive experience representing employers and insurers in all aspects of workers’ compensation defense, including litigation from claims inception through trial and final appeal, as well as related enforcement proceedings, lien enforcement, and subrogation reimbursement prosecution. Prior to focusing exclusively on workers’ compensation defense, he secured more than 20 jury trial victories as…
    Continue Reading LINDNER & MARSACK, S.C. WELCOMES JOSEPH NEEDHAM TO ITS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PRACTICE

    Lindner & Marsack, S.C., a leading management-side labor, employment, and workers’ compensation defense firm, is pleased to announce that several of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in America®. This recognition reflects the firm’s ongoing dedication to providing exceptional legal counsel to employers across Wisconsin and beyond.
    The attorneys recognized in the 2026 edition include:
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    Douglas M. Feldman: Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
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    Daniel J. Finerty: Appellate Practice
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    The U.S. Department of Labor has updated its guidance on penalty and debt collection procedures in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Field Operations Manual in an effort to minimize the burden on small businesses and increase prompt hazard abatement in response to cited conditions.

    The goal of the modification is to separate out the penalties to be assessed on small employers from those assessed on larger businesses that have greater resources, provided those small businesses are working toward…
    Continue Reading OSHA Updates its Penalty Guidance to Support Small Businesses and Enhance Workplace Safety

    Workers Compensation Claim Form Complaint for Work Injury

    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. § 102.423 “Health service…
    Continue Reading New Law Establishes Fee Schedule Limiting Hospital Medical Bills In Worker’s Compensation Claims

    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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    Continue Reading Employment Law implications of Trump’s New One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)

    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…
    Continue Reading Lindner & Marsack, S.C., welcomes Luis Padilla, Jr. to its labor and employment practice

    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…
    Continue Reading JOIN US FOR THE 2025 ANNUAL NWCDN CONFERENCE

    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…
    Continue Reading Lindner & Marsack’s Samantha Wood Published in Wisconsin Lawyer

    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…
    Continue Reading Maryland District Court Issues Preliminary Injunction As To Trump’s Executive Order

    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…
    Continue Reading President Trump Revokes Executive Order 11246’s Affirmative Action Requirements