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Congratulations to Wanta Thome attorneys Frances Baillon and Michelle Gibbons on their selection as the 2023 Wallace-Lerner Award winners by the Mitchell Hamline Law Review. The Wallace-Lerner Award for Excellence in Leadership recognizes alumni in the legal profession who have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills that align with the core values the Mitchell Hamline Law Review (MHLR).
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Over a half a million workers in Minnesota are on the “frontlines” of the COVID-19 pandemic.1 A study evaluating workers’ COVID-19 positivity rates between September 2020 and March 2021 found that frontline workers were 21% more likely to have tested positive for...Employment Law News, News
The Minnesota Whistleblower Act protects employees from retaliation for reporting illegal—and in some cases unethical—activity in the workplace. But it also specifically protects employees who report substandard or low-quality healthcare services. This is true whether...Employment Law News, News
The #MeToo Movement, a phrase initially coined by Tarana Burke in 2006 to empower women of color to speak out about experiences of sexual violence, gained traction at the end of 2017 when Alyssa Milano encouraged the use of the #MeToo hashtag to promote awareness of...Employment Law News, News
Minnesota law provides protections for expectant and new parents in the workplace. One such law is the Women’s Economic Security Act (“WESA”). Last year, Governor Tim Walz signed legislation that expanded some of the protections included in WESA. On January 1, 2022,...Employment Law News, News
Current and former Lepage Bakeries distributors have sued Flowers Foods, Inc., CK Sales, and Lepage Bakeries (collectively “Defendants”) alleging that Defendants misclassified them as independent contractors and violated federal as well as Maine wage laws. The...