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November 25, 2024 The NLRB Limits Non-Competes
Category: Amit Bindra, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Human Resources, Legal Changes, NLRA, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, Restrictive covenant
November 20, 2024 A Federal Court Has Blocked the DOL from Expanding Overtime Pay
Category: Compensation, Courts, DOL, Employment Law, FLSA, Government, Overtime, Paula Acosta, Wages
October 28, 2024 Does Illinois Allow Voting Leave?
Category: Chicago, Compliance , Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Handbook Compliance, Human Resources, Illinois, Laura Feldman, Leave from work, Politics, PTO, Scheduling, Small Business, Voting in Illinois, Voting Leave
September 06, 2024 2024 Non-Compete Round-Up: State Legislation Edition
Category: Amit Bindra, Contract Law, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, FTC, Government, Human Resources, Non-compete, Restrictive covenant
August 21, 2024 The FTC and Non-Competes, Part 4: Federal Court Rules the Non-Compete Ban “Unlawful”
Category: Amit Bindra, Compliance , Contract Law, Courts, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, FTC, Government, Human Resources, Non-compete, Restrictive covenant
July 31, 2024 Employment Handbooks Can Protect Both Employees and Employers
Category: Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers
July 25, 2024 The FTC and Non-Competes, Part 3: Federal Courts Make Different Rulings, Creating Confusion
Category: Amit Bindra, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Human Resources, Legal Changes, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, Restrictive covenant
June 24, 2024 Minimum Wage Increases in July
Category: Chicago, Compliance , Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Minimum Wage, Wages
May 23, 2024 Are Your Workers Really Independent Contractors—or Are They Employees?
Category: Compliance , Contractor, Employee Relations, Employment Law, FLSA, For Employers, Human Resources, Katie Rinkus
April 25, 2024 WARN Act Déjà Vu? Dom’s & Foxtrot Close on the Heels of Major Signature Room Penalty
Category: Chicago, Compliance , Contingency Planning, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Illinois, Layoffs, Liability, Matt Tedeschi, Strategic Planning, WARN Act
April 24, 2024 Did the FTC Just Ban Non-Compete Agreements? (Part 2)
Category: Amit Bindra, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Human Resources, Legal Changes, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, Restrictive covenant
March 25, 2024 An Unclear Future for the Corporate Transparency Act, Recently Found Unconstitutional
Category: Business, Compliance , Corporate law, Courts, Employment Law, For Employers, Government, Katie Rinkus, Legal Changes
February 19, 2024 What Should Be Included in an Independent Contractor Agreement?
Category: Compensation, Contractor, Employee Relations, Employment Law, FLSA, For Employers, Human Resources, Katie Rinkus
February 14, 2024 There’s a New Rule on Who Qualifies as an Independent Contractor
Category: Compliance , Contractor, Employment Law, FLSA, For Employers, Government, Handbook Compliance, Human Resources, Legal Changes, Non-compete, Poonam Lakhani
January 25, 2024 The Top 10 Essentials When Hiring Your First Employee
Category: Compliance , Employment Law, For Employers, Growing Businesses, Human Resources, Katie Rinkus, Non-compete, Restrictive covenant, Small Business
January 19, 2024 What’s Happening with New York’s Non-Compete Law?
Category: Amit Bindra, Employment Law, Government, Non-compete, Restrictive covenant
November 17, 2023 Company Holiday Party Dos & Don'ts
Category: Contingency Planning, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Laura Feldman, Positive Work Environment, Sexual assault, sexual harassment, Strategic Planning, Title VII, Women in the Workplace, Workplace discipline
November 17, 2023 Leave Laws: A Compliance Challenge for Businesses
Category: Employment Law, FMLA, For Employers, Handbook Compliance, Human Resources, Illinois, Leave from work, Poonam Lakhani, PTO, Sick leave, Voting Leave
November 10, 2023 What’s In Chicago’s New Paid Leave Law?
Category: Chicago, Compliance , Employment Law, For Employers, Government, Handbook Compliance, Human Resources, Illinois, Leave from work, Matt Tedeschi, PTO, Sick leave, Small Business, Strategic Planning, Wage Claims
October 30, 2023 What Can Employers Learn from the Signature Room Lawsuit?
Category: Chicago, Communication, Compliance , Contingency Planning, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Illinois, Layoffs, Liability, Matt Tedeschi, Strategic Planning, Wage Claims, WARN Act
October 19, 2023 An Underutilized Tool for Sexual Assault Victims: the Illinois Gender Violence Act
Category: #MeToo, Employment Law, For Employees, Human Resources, Illinois, Laura Feldman, Legal Advocacy, Sexual assault, sexual harassment, Women in the Workplace
September 25, 2023 So You Want to Be an Employment Attorney? Tailor Your Law School Experience to Make It Happen.
Category: Employment Law, Law school, Rebecca Baba
September 25, 2023 Can Layoffs Hide Discrimination Claims?
Category: Discrimination, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Workplace Discrimination
August 25, 2023 Minnesota Bans Non-Competes
Category: Amit Bindra, Contract Law, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Human Resources, Legal Changes, Non-compete, Restrictive covenant
August 22, 2023 What Can the Lizzo Lawsuit Teach Us about Our Workplaces?
Category: Allison Wolcott, Christina Hynes Mesco, Company Values, Discrimination, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Positive Work Environment, sexual harassment, Women in the Workplace, Workplace culture, Workplace Jerks
June 30, 2023 How Will the Affirmative Action Ruling Impact Employment Law Claims?
Category: Discrimination, Diversity, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Legal Changes, Race, Supreme Court, Title VII, Workplace Discrimination
May 31, 2023 The Delaware Trilogy: Prominent Court Refuses to Enforce Non-Compete Clauses in Three Recent Decisions
Category: Amit Bindra, Contract Law, Courts, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Legal Changes, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, Restrictive covenant, Severance
May 29, 2023 New Freelancer Protections on the Horizon in Illinois
Category: Compensation, Contractor, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Illinois, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Remote Working, Small Business
April 12, 2023 What Do Employers Need to Know about Accommodating Hearing Disabilities?
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Anti-Discrimination, Compliance , Disability, EEOC, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Laura Lefkow-Hynes
March 24, 2023 An Employment Lawyer’s Take on Working from Home
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Company Values, COVID-19, Digital Workplace, Diversity, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Positive Work Environment, Remote Working, Strategic Planning, Work from home, Workplace culture
March 09, 2023 Modern-Day Slavery and Employment Law
Category: Compensation, Discrimination, Employment Law, FLSA, Labor trafficking, Legal Advocacy, Minimum Wage, Overtime, Poonam Lakhani, Wage Claims
February 28, 2023 Did the NLRB Just Ban Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Agreements?
Category: Compliance , Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Legal Changes, NLRA, Non-compete, Restrictive covenant
February 22, 2023 Do Employees Have Access to Their Personnel Files in Illinois?
Category: Compliance , Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Illinois, Rebecca Baba, Workplace culture, Workplace Discrimination
February 06, 2023 George Santos Has Reminded Us All of the Importance of a Proper Background Check
Category: Compliance , Congress, Employment Law, For Employers, Government, Handbook Compliance, Human Resources, Politics, Poonam Lakhani
January 23, 2023 Paid Leave to Be Mandatory in Illinois
Category: Compensation, Compliance , Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Handbook Compliance, Human Resources, Illinois, Leave from work, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Timekeeping, Wages
January 16, 2023 Did the FTC Just Ban Non-Compete Agreements?
Category: Amit Bindra, Contract Law, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Human Resources, Legal Changes, Non-compete, Non-solicitation
January 11, 2023 The Pregnancy Discrimination Act Was Amended. What Does This Mean for You?
Category: Accommodation, Anti-Discrimination, Discrimination, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Laura Feldman, Pregnancy, Women in the Workplace
January 04, 2023 Illinois Employers Must Start Reporting Pay Data
Category: Allison Wolcott, Anti-Discrimination, Compensation, Employment Law, Equal Pay, For Employers, Human Resources, Illinois, Legal Changes
December 27, 2022 Ask If You Want It
Category: Communication, Company Values, Compensation, Employment Law, For Employees, Kristen Prinz, Negotiations, Positive Work Environment, Women in the Workplace, Workplace culture
December 21, 2022 What Does the Speak Out Act Mean for Workplaces?
Category: #MeToo, Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Discrimination, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Employment Laws, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Legal Advocacy, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Positive Work Environment, sexual harassment, Women in the Workplace, Workplace Discrimination
December 16, 2022 New Year, New Laws: Legal Changes on the Horizon in Illinois
Category: Discrimination, Employment Law, Employment Laws, Equal Pay, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Illinois, Leave from work, Legal Changes, Liability, Minimum Wage, Poonam Lakhani
November 30, 2022 Twitter’s Employment Troubles
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Compensation, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Liability, Matt Tedeschi, Wrongful Termination
November 28, 2022 What Do I Need to Know about Illinois’ New Work Rest Requirements?
Category: Employment Law, For Employees, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Positive Work Environment, Workplace culture
November 22, 2022 What Is Happening with Washington D.C.’s Non-Compete Law?
Category: Amit Bindra, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Non-compete
November 03, 2022 Can You Take Time Off to Vote in Illinois?
Category: Employment Law, For Employees, Illinois, Laura Feldman, Voting in Illinois, Voting Leave
October 25, 2022 The Brave New World of Employment Agreements: Ending Forced Arbitration
Category: #MeToo, Arbitration, Contract Law, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Legal Changes, Positive Work Environment, sexual harassment, Women in the Workplace
October 24, 2022 Rock Your Crown! What Illinois Employers Should Know about Hair Discrimination
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Christina Martinez, Diversity, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Illinois, Workplace Discrimination
August 29, 2022 How to Handle Long COVID at Work
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Disability, EEOC, Employee Relations, Employment Law, FMLA, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Matt Tedeschi, Sick leave, Workplace culture
August 22, 2022 The Empathy Connection: The Intersection of Fiction Writing and Legal Advocacy
Category: Allison Wolcott, Company Values, Employment Law, Legal Advocacy
July 31, 2022 The Legal Pitfalls of Remote Workers
Category: Communication, Digital Workplace, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Poonam Lakhani, Remote Working, Timekeeping, Work from home
July 26, 2022 The Supreme Court Favors Employees in Recent Arbitration Rulings
Category: Amit Bindra, Arbitration, Courts, Employment Law, Overtime, Supreme Court, Wage Claims
July 18, 2022 What Caused the Great Resignation (and How Can Employers Can Fix It)?
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Company Values, Diversity, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Positive Work Environment, Workplace culture, Workplace investigations, Workplace Jerks
June 24, 2022 Chicago to Enforce Stronger Sexual Harassment Regulations
Category: #MeToo, Anti-Discrimination, Compliance , Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Legal Changes, Positive Work Environment, sexual harassment, Training, Women in the Workplace, Workplace training
April 20, 2022 New NLRB Rules Could Signal Increased Unionization
Category: Contingency Planning, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Legal Changes, Nick Crawford, NLRA
March 29, 2022 The Impact of Restricting Mandatory Arbitration
Category: #MeToo, Arbitration, Contract Law, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Legal Changes, sexual harassment, Women in the Workplace
February 21, 2022 How to Advocate for Your Safety in the Workplace
Category: Accommodation, ADA, ADEA, Anti-Discrimination, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Discrimination, EEOC, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, NLRA, OSHA, Positive Work Environment, Title VII
February 18, 2022 What If You (Or Your Employee) Cannot Risk Exposure to COVID-19? How to Request (and Grant) a Reasonable Accommodation for COVID-19
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment Law, Laura Lefkow-Hynes
February 18, 2022 New Ordinance Mandates Contracts for Domestic Workers
Category: Domestic work, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Minimum Wage, Overtime, Poonam Lakhani, Positive Work Environment, sexual harassment
January 31, 2022 Illinois Employment Law Changes in 2022
Category: AI , COVID-19, Disability, Employment Law, Equal Pay, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Minimum Wage, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, VESSA
January 24, 2022 OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate Struck Down by Supreme Court, Now Withdrawn
Category: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment Law, Legal Changes, OSHA, Poonam Lakhani, Supreme Court
January 10, 2022 Technical Foul on Sun's Owner: Inside the Hostile Work Environment of the NBA Phoenix Suns
Category: Christina Martinez, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, Sports, Workplace culture, Workplace discipline
December 29, 2021 The Washington Football Team, Jon Gruden, and Employment Law
Category: Amit Bindra, Discrimination, Employment Law, sexual harassment, Sports, Women in the Workplace, Workplace investigations
December 16, 2021 Every Business in Illinois Is Required to Provide Harassment Training—Regardless of Its Size
Category: Compliance , Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Positive Work Environment, sexual harassment, Training, Women in the Workplace, Workplace training
November 23, 2021 2021 Non-Compete Recap: What Illinois Businesses Need to Know
Category: Amit Bindra, Employment Law, For Employers, Government, Legal Changes, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, Restrictive covenant
November 15, 2021 OSHA’s New Vaccine Rules Hang in the Balance, but Employers Should Still Develop a Plan
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Compliance , Coronavirus, Courts, COVID-19, Employment Law, For Employers, Government, Legal Changes, OSHA, Strategic Planning
October 26, 2021 Chappelle, Netflix, and the Trans Community: What Should a Business Do When Its Employees Are Offended by Its Products?
Category: Company Values, Discrimination, Diversity, Employment Law, For Employers, LGBTQ, Matt Tedeschi, Race, Workplace culture
September 28, 2021 What Does the Federal Vaccine Mandate Mean for Your Business?
Category: Accommodation, Christina Hynes Mesco, Compliance , Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment Law, Exemptions, For Employers, Government, Legal Changes, OSHA
September 16, 2021 Can Vaccine-Exempt Employees Be Placed on Unpaid Leave?
Category: Accommodation, Compensation, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Exemptions, For Employees, For Employers, Healthcare, Human Resources, Poonam Lakhani, Scheduling
August 19, 2021 New Changes to Non-Compete Law in D.C.
Category: Amit Bindra, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Legal Changes, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, Restrictive covenant
July 26, 2021 Should We Pay Student Athletes?
Category: Compensation, Employment Law, Legal Changes, NCAA, Poonam Lakhani, Sports, Supreme Court, Wages
July 23, 2021 New “Just Cause” Laws Protect NYC Fast-Food Workers from Arbitrary Terminations. Could This Be the Beginning of a Trend?
Category: Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Legal Changes, Workplace discipline, Wrongful Termination
July 16, 2021 What Does Biden’s Non-Compete Executive Order Do?
Category: Amit Bindra, Contract Law, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Legal Changes, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, Politics, Restrictive covenant
June 22, 2021 What Do Employers Need to Know about Conducting Background Checks?
Category: Compliance , Employment Law, For Employers, Handbook Compliance, Poonam Lakhani
June 01, 2021 Illinois Passes Comprehensive, Bipartisan Non-Compete Legislation
Category: Amit Bindra, Contract Law, Employment Law, Firm News, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Legal Changes, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, Restrictive covenant
May 24, 2021 Illinois Employers Face New Requirements for EEO Compliance, Equal Pay, and Criminal Records
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Compliance , Diversity, EEOC, Employment Law, Equal Pay, For Employers, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Legal Changes
April 27, 2021 After the George Floyd Trial, Support Your Employees by Starting the Anti-Racist Conversation
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Diversity, Employment Law, For Employers, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Positive Work Environment, Race, Workplace culture
April 21, 2021 We’ve Adapted to Remote Work—And So Has Sexual Harassment.
Category: #MeToo, Christina Hynes Mesco, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Sexual Harassment Policies, Women in the Workplace, Work from home, Workplace culture
April 21, 2021 Illinois’ VESSA Law Offers Protection to Victims of Sexual Violence
Category: Company Values, Compliance , Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Marcet Crockett, VESSA , Women in the Workplace
April 09, 2021 Pregnant Workers May Gain Increased Protections
Category: ADA, Company Values, Disability, Discrimination, Employment Law, For Employees, Human Resources, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Pregnancy, Women in the Workplace
March 29, 2021 What Does the 2021 Stimulus Mean for Your Business?
Category: Business assistance, Congress, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment Law, FMLA, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Marcet Crockett, Unemployment
March 23, 2021 Employers Must Provide COBRA Subsidy Under the American Rescue Plan Act
Category: Business assistance, Compliance , Congress, COVID-19, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Healthcare, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Legal Changes
March 22, 2021 How to Conduct Effective Workplace Investigations
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Workplace culture, Workplace discipline, Workplace investigations
February 25, 2021 Humor at Work, and When Humor Isn’t Funny
Category: Employment Law, For Employees, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Workplace culture
February 23, 2021 The 7th Circuit Has Broadened the Scope of the Lilly Ledbetter Act
Category: Employment Law, Equal Pay, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Wage Claims, Wage Gap, Wages, Women in the Workplace
January 14, 2021 Comprehensive, Bipartisan Non-Compete Legislation Introduced in the Illinois General Assembly
Category: Amit Bindra, Contract Law, Employment Law, Firm News, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Legal Changes, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, Restrictive covenant
January 12, 2021 Can You Be Fired for Storming the Capitol?
Category: Company Values, Congress, Discrimination, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Kristen Prinz, Politics, Poonam Lakhani
November 23, 2020 Can Employers Require Employees to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?
Category: ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, EEOC, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Employment Laws, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz
November 16, 2020 Illinois’ Retirement Savings Mandate: Are You in Compliance?
Category: Compliance , Contingency Planning, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Government, Human Resources, Poonam Lakhani
October 26, 2020 On Election Day, What Are Your Rights at Work?
Category: Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Poonam Lakhani, Voting in Illinois, Voting Leave
August 25, 2020 When Parents Are Asked to Be Teachers, the FFCRA Might Help
Category: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Daily Routine, Employment Law, FMLA, For Employees, Poonam Lakhani, Sick leave, Work from home
June 29, 2020 Somewhere Over the Rainbow? What the Bostock Decision Means for the LGBT Community.
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Employment Law, Gender Neutrality, Government, LGBTQ, Matt Tedeschi, Positive Work Environment, Supreme Court, Wrongful Termination
June 26, 2020 Chicago Minimum Wage Increase and Predictive Scheduling Ordinances Take Effect
Category: Employment Law, For Employers, Kristen Prinz, Legal Changes, Minimum Wage, Scheduling, Wages
May 28, 2020 What Should I Do If My Employee Has COVID-19?
Category: ADA, Contingency Planning, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, Employment Law, For Employers, Poonam Lakhani, Privacy
May 22, 2020 Top 5 Questions from Illinois Employers about Unemployment and the PPP
Category: Business assistance, Employment Law, For Employers, Kristen Prinz, Small Business, Unemployment
April 30, 2020 Unmasking the Law, Part I: Can an Employer Fire You for Wearing a Mask?
Category: ADA, Company Values, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, Matt Tedeschi, NLRA, OSHA, Wrongful Termination
April 28, 2020 Is My Company Exempt from the FFCRA’s Expanded FMLA and Sick Leave?
Category: Business assistance, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employee Relations, Employment Law, FLSA, For Employers, Kristen Prinz, Scheduling, Sick leave, Small Business
March 19, 2020 Trump Has Signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act into Law. What do You Need to Know?
Category: Business assistance, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, Employment Law, Financial aid, FMLA, For Employers, Government, Kristen Prinz, Loans, Sick leave, Small Business, Unemployment
March 15, 2020 How Will the Proposed “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” Affect Small Businesses?
Category: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment Law, Financial aid, FMLA, For Employers, Government, Kristen Prinz, Sick leave, Small Business, Unemployment
March 13, 2020 Coronavirus: What Are Your Rights at Work?
Category: ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, Employee Relations, Employment Law, FMLA, For Employees, Poonam Lakhani, Privacy, Sick leave, Travel, Unemployment, Work from home
March 13, 2020 Coronavirus: An Employer’s Guide to Contingency Planning
Category: ADA, Christina Hynes Mesco, Contingency Planning, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, Employee Relations, Employment Law, FMLA, For Employers, OSHA, Sick leave, Small Business, Travel, Unemployment, Work from home
February 27, 2020 Internships: An Opportunity at any Age or Stage
Category: Company Values, Diversity, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Growing Businesses, Positive Work Environment, Remy Snead, Small Business, Wages
February 18, 2020 Illinois Companies Face Exposure under the Biometric Information Privacy Act
Category: Amit Bindra, Arbitration, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Privacy, Workplace training
January 28, 2020 Top 5 Ways Employers Can Use Harassment Training to Improve Culture
Category: Communication, Company Values, Daily Routine, Diversity, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Growing Businesses, Handbook Compliance, Kristen Prinz, Legal Changes, Liability, Positive Work Environment, Sexual Harassment Policies, Training, Workplace training
December 18, 2019 Overtime Adjustments for the New Year
Category: Bonus, Commissions, Company Values, Employee Relations, Employment Law, FLSA, Kristen Prinz, Overtime, Wage Claims
December 13, 2019 End the Year Right, and Look Forward to Success
Category: Employee Relations, Employment Law, Social Media, Wages
October 28, 2019 The Illinois Workplace Transparency Act: New Transparency in Illinois
Category: Amit Bindra, Employment Law
September 20, 2019 Illinois Employers Now Required to Provide Anti-Harassment Training
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Company Values, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Employment Laws, For Employees, For Employers, Positive Work Environment, Sexual Harassment Policies, Woman in the Workplace, Workplace Jerks
August 23, 2019 Pay Up or Pay Out: New Penalties for Record-Keeping and Compensation Violations in Illinois
Category: Employment Law
August 20, 2019 Let Them Eat Cake...But Serve It Themselves: One Woman's Fight against Gender Discrimination and Retaliation
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Employment Law, For Employees, Gender Neutrality, Remy Snead, Retaliation, Women in the Workplace
July 12, 2019 Past Pay is History: A New Amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act
Category: Employment Law, Poonam Lakhani, Wages
June 20, 2019 What to Expect if Your Company Receives an SSA "No-Match" Letter
Category: Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Remy Snead
May 22, 2019 Google Employees "Sit In" to Protest Retaliation in Wake of Walkout
Category: #MeToo, Anti-Discrimination, Arbitration, Company Values, Diversity, Employee Relations, Matt Tedeschi, Positive Work Environment, Power of the Bystander, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment Policies, Social Media, Women in the Workplace, Wrongful Termination
May 22, 2019 Recent Non-Compete Trends
Category: Amit Bindra, Employment Law, Employment Laws, Wage Claims, Wages
April 22, 2019 5 Critical Tips for Negotiating Physician Employment Contracts
Category: Employment Law, Kristen Prinz, Physician Employment
April 18, 2019 Arbitration Post-Epic
Category: Amit Bindra, Arbitration, Employment Law
March 22, 2019 Employers, Let's Talk Money: How to Increase Pay Transparency (2/2)
Category: Communication, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Remy Snead
March 19, 2019 More Employees Might Soon Be Eligible for Overtime Pay
Category: Employment Law, FLSA, For Employees, Government, Matt Tedeschi, Overtime, Wages
February 21, 2019 With New Laws on the Books, Is Your Handbook Out of Compliance?
Category: Poonam Lakhani
February 11, 2019 Employees Are Citizens, Too - But Can They Take Time Off Work to Vote?
Category: Ashley Davidson, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers
January 08, 2019 Employee Expense Reimbursement - Update Your Employee Handbook ASAP
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Employment Law, For Employers
December 10, 2018 The Real Reason Women Earn Less
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October 19, 2018 3 Reasons Why California's Law Requiring More Women on Boards is a Winner-Even If It Fails
Category: Employment Law, Employment Laws, Kristen Prinz
August 30, 2018 Statewide Protections for All Workers Have Yet to Materialize
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Diversity, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Positive Work Environment, Sexual Harassment Policies, Small Business, Workplace training
July 31, 2017 Top Reasons Employees Sue Their Employers
Category: Employment Law
July 25, 2017 Illinois Discrimination Laws Protect Transgender Citizens
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Employment Law, For Employees, Human Resources, Illinois, LGBTQ
June 21, 2017 Answers to the Top 5 Questions About the Cook County and Chicago Earned/Paid Sick Leave Ordinances
Category: Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Illinois, Leave from work, Sick leave
December 05, 2014 Five Don'ts When Handling an Employee Termination
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Employment Laws, For Employers
January 29, 2013 Class Actions for Employment Law
Category: Amit Bindra, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers
January 18, 2013 New Year, New Illinois Laws
Category: Amit Bindra, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers
January 07, 2013 Who is a "Supervisor"?
Category: Amit Bindra, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government
January 02, 2013 Is Fear The Best Motivator?
Category: Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Mental Health, Workplace culture

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