Dane County Order: Employers must post Workplace Requirements
In response to rising COVID case numbers in and around Madison, Dane County has released new, more restrictive rules to enforce social distancing. Dane County is still in Phase 2, but has made the following changes. The new rule, Dane County Emergency Order #7 (“Order #7) goes into effect on July 2, 2020, at 8am. […]
Dane County Announces Phase One Begins May 26; Businesses Must Have Safety and Sanitation Policies in Place
Are you prepared for Phase One of Forward Dane? This afternoon, Friday, May 22, 2020, Public Health Madison Dane County issued Emergency Order #3 which moves Dane County into Phase One of Forward Dane starting on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. The text of today’s Order #3 can be found here. On May […]
Forward Dane: Dane County’s Phased Reopening Plan
On May 18, 2020, Public Health Madison Dane County (hereinafter referred to as “PHMDC”) issued Emergency Order #2 (the “Order”).. The Order adopts the vast majority of the previous “Safer at Home” order which was issued by the Wisconsin Department of Public Health. There are several differences in this latest Order, most significantly, it does […]
Wisconsin “Turns the Dial” by Allowing Curbside Drop-off (& More) Beginning April 29
On April 27, Governor Evers announced a “turn of the dial” in expanding allowed operations for nonessential businesses. The Emergency Order, signed today by Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm, allows nonessential businesses to do curbside drop-off of goods and animals. This will allow businesses like dog groomers, small engine repair shops, upholstery businesses, […]
Safer at Home Order Effective for the next month
Shortly after 11am, on March 24, 2020, Wisconsin Governor Evers issued Emergency Order No. 12 titled “Safer at Home Order” (the “Order”). The Order goes into effect at 8:00am on March 25, 2020 and continues to 8:00am April 24, 2020 unless it gets extended by another order in the future. The Order provides specific […]
COVID-19 Updates for Your Business
In an effort to provide you with the most relevant information among the flurry of “COVID-19” update emails you are likely getting, KEW has compiled a summary of some key updates and links from the past several days. At times, media headlines and articles can be misleading, and it is important to go to the […]
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Is My Email Legal?
Our email boxes are bombarded daily with emails from various companies trying to sell us vacations, water bottles, appliances, etc. As a business owner, you may have wondered yourself whether all these emails are legal. The volume of them can feel harassing. The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM act of […]
How Badly Does My Employee Have to Mess Up to be Denied UI Benefits?
Updated: May 2, 2019 An employee messed up. You need to fire him or her. Will he or she receive unemployment insurance (“UI” also sometimes referred to as unemployment compensation) benefits? Well, the UI division, and the courts, look at just how bad the conduct was. In a recent decision, the Wisconsin Court of […]