From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - A group of veteran Neenah teachers has sued to restore early retirement benefits that could amount to $170,000 each. Read More »

"Karen Kuehl, finance director, said Fond du Lac County employees paid in excess of $1.9 million in 2012 toward their retirement. Each year, there have been increases in health insurance costs and employee and employer contributions to retirement. Kuehl said... Read More »

Vilas County will have fifteen less employees this year, after employees agreed to individual buyout plans offered by the county. According the to Lakeland Times, the buyout plans will cost the county $245,521 this year, averaging $16,368 per employee. A... Read More »

The city of Black River Falls is moving ahead with a new employee handbook that will reduce both vacation and sick leave benefits. Employees previously could receive 300 hours of sick leave pay if they worked for 20 years and left the city on good terms, but that now is reduced to 160 hours after 20 years. Read More »

With Gov. Scott Walker's Act 10 in legal limbo, local public employees are finding themselves in limbo as well. Act 10, which eliminated the bargaining rights of most Wisconsin public employees, was declared unconstitutional by a Dane County Circuit Court judge in September. Challenges to that decision followed and the issue still isn't resolved. Read More »

"Shawano County has more than 350 employees on the payroll and 140 job titles. When unions representing county employees disbanded after the 2011 Budget Repair Bill stripped them of most bargaining rights, the county started looking at the wages and... Read More »

The Neenah Joint School District will save over $100 million in the next 25 years by scaling back their retirement benefits for teachers. In total, the move will cut $103m from future budgets. Read More »

Teachers in Waukesha were offered a .5% raise for the current school year, but the local teachers' union will wait before responding to the district's offer for 2012-2013. Read More »

According to the Brookfield Patch, the district's levies will remain low next year thanks to frugal spending, actually decreasing slightly for many residents. A big part of that comes from Elmbrook saving $1.3 million thanks to changes in their educational employee health care plans Read More »

"Dean Care will, indeed, raise its rates for health insurance coverage for Columbia County employees, the County Board's human resources committee heard Wednesday. But questions remain about how the rate hike will affect retired county employees who participate in the... Read More »