Bertelson Law Office, P.A. - Employment Law & Mediation

01/06/2023

On December 30th President Biden signed into law the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act). The new laws will require employers to provide temporary and reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees and will increase workplace protections for lactating employees. The laws will take effect on June 29, 2023.

11/14/2022

Thank you to our veterans, and a special shout out to Richard Bertelson, Kevin Wall and Dave Schaibley. We appreciate your service.

10/24/2022

National Employment Lawyers back together again in St Louis for 8th Circuit conference.

Photo of Andrea Ostapowich and Kelly Jeanetta

10/04/2022

Thank you for helping us bring home the Star Tribune Reader’s Choice Minnesota’s Best Employment Law Firm Silver Medal for the second year in a row!

We appreciate your ongoing support and we look forward to continuing our work towards workplace fairness.

We hope that you are doing well!

Beth and Andrea

Employment Lawyer

07/29/2022

Age discrimination makes up more than 1 in 5 of the charges received by the EEOC each year. Read about your rights against this here: bit.ly/3PtO2ME

07/21/2022

July is Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.

Bebe Moore Campbell, the founder of NAMI-Inglewood (National Alliance on Mental Illness), advocated for marginalized groups and wrote multiple books about the barriers faced by POCs accessing mental health care.

"While everyone - all colors - everyone is affected by stigma - no one wants to say 'I'm not in control of my mind.' No one wants to say, 'The person I love is not in control of [their] mind.' But people of color really don't want to say it because we already feel stigmatized by virtue of skin color or eye shape or accent and we don't want any more reasons for anyone to say, 'You're not good enough.'"

-Bebe Moore Campbell

Check out this blog on Bebe’s legacy written by Daniel Gillison Jr., chief executive officer of NAMI: https://www.nami.org/Blogs/From-the-CEO/July-2021/What-Bebe-Moore-Campbell-s-Legacy-Means-to-MeCheck

07/15/2022

Learn about your rights against disability discrimination here ➡️ bit.ly/368phUT

07/01/2022

In honor of the end of Pride Month and the start of Wimbledon, I wanted to highlight Billie Jean King. An incredible advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community and gender equality in sports. A true champion.

"It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences."

- Billie Jean King

05/12/2022

Hurray! Because of our wonderful clients and friends we were nominated again for Minnesota's Best Star Tribune Reader's Choice employment law firm and law firm.

We are honored to have been nominated and we appreciate your good word. If you would like to support us please vote at the link below by May 18.

You can vote here: https://www.votemnbest.com/BertelsonLaw

As always, please let us know if there's anything that we can do for you, a friend or a family member.

Thank you!

Vote once per day through 05/18/2022 - 11:59 PM Central

04/21/2022

Check out our most recent article on our blog. Five key considerations for Executive Contracting.

A well-defined employment contract allows both the Executive and the Company to enter a relationship with a clear and positive view toward the future relationship. Bertelson Law Office can help negotiate language to protect your interests. Five key considerations for Executive Contracting: Remember....

04/13/2022

Check out our most recent article on our blog. Can you get unemployment if you voluntarily accept a severance package?

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that an employee who voluntarily accepted a severance package to avoid potentially being laid off did not have a good reason to quit her employment and could not receive unemployment benefits. Ward v. Delta Airlines, A21-0932, (Minn. Ct. Apps. April 4, 2022). In....

04/13/2022