A closed company in Merrill has agreed to pay its former employees $650,000.
Semling-Menke Company failed to give legal notice of its shutdown in December 2019.
A spokesperson for the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters, Luke Kramer, calls the settlement a “win for blue-collar workers” in Wisconsin.
The 130 employees got a letter telling them the window-and-door company was ceasing operations the very next day.
Wisconsin law requires employees to be given 60 days’ notice.
Attorney General Josh Kaul says the checks went out to those employees last week.
