Court Opinion

ID: 9487179
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 12:10:30.769691+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:52:08.452930
License: Public Domain

MORAN, Chief District Judge,
concurring.
I concur, but with one reservation. The Wisconsin statute, Wis.Stat. § 102.35(3), provides that “[i]n determining the availability of suitable employment ... any collective bargaining agreement with respect to seniority shall govern.” If this case involved an employee who could not do his prior work, and if the availability of suitable employment for that employee arguably involved the interpretation of the seniority provisions of a collective bargaining agreement, then there well might be a preemption problem. But here it has been determined that the plaintiff can return to his previous position — it is unnecessary to consider whether or not other suitable work is available and, therefore, whether or not there is preemption in those circumstances.