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April 28, 2025 Executives Face Harassment, Too—and Women Usually Have the Most to Lose
Category: #MeToo, Discrimination, Employee Relations, Kristen Prinz, sexual harassment, Sports, Women in the Workplace, Workplace culture
April 21, 2025 The New Do’s & Don’ts of DEI in the Workplace
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Compliance , Diversity, EEOC, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Government, Human Resources, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Politics, Strategic Planning, Title VII, Workplace culture, Workplace Discrimination
March 30, 2025 What Do Trump’s Executive Orders Mean for DEI?
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Compliance , Discrimination, DOL, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Government, Handbook Compliance, Human Resources, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Politics, Title VII, Workplace culture
February 25, 2025 Employers: What Should You Do if ICE Knocks at Your Door?
Category: Compliance , Emergency, Employee Relations, For Employers, Government, Human Resources, Immigration, Matt Tedeschi, Paula Acosta, Strategic Planning, Training
February 11, 2025 Employees in Illinois Now Have More Access to Their Personnel Files
Category: Compliance , Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Illinois, Legal Changes, Non-compete, Rebecca Baba
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
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 27, 2024 Ever Feel Like Someone is Watching You? Perhaps Your Employer Is.
Category: Digital Workplace, Employee Relations, For Employees, Human Resources, Poonam Lakhani, Privacy, Remote Working, Work from home, Workplace culture
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
September 04, 2024 Can You Be Pregnant and an All-Star? The WNBA Wrestles with Allegations of Discrimination—and Its Commitment to Its Players.
Category: Accommodation, Discrimination, Employee Relations, Human Resources, Kristin Hendriksen, Leave from work, Pregnancy, Retaliation, Sports, Title VII, WNBA, Women in the Workplace, Workplace culture
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 26, 2024 If Your Company Were a Date, Would You See Them Again?
Category: Career, Company Values, Employee Relations, For Employees, Julia Patitucci, Positive Work Environment
June 26, 2024 The EEOC Endorses Independent Workplace Investigators and Culture Audits
Category: ADA, Anti-Discrimination, Christina Hynes Mesco, Company Values, Culture audits, EEOC, Employee Relations, For Employers, Government, Human Resources, Legal Changes, sexual harassment, Title VII, Workplace investigations
May 24, 2024 Strategies for Enhancing Mental Health in the Workplace
Category: Angelia Salgado, Company Values, Culture audits, Employee Relations, For Employers, Healthcare, Human Resources, Mental Health, Positive Work Environment, Workplace culture
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
May 22, 2024 Help! What Language Are My Gen Z Coworkers Speaking?
Category: Communication, Daily Routine, Diversity, Employee Relations, For Employees, For Employers, Julia Patitucci, Matt Tedeschi, Positive Work Environment, Workplace culture
May 01, 2024 Happier Employees and Fewer Risks: The Power of Culture Audits
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Company Values, Contingency Planning, Culture audits, Employee Relations, For Employers, Human Resources, Positive Work Environment, Workplace investigations
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 22, 2024 I Was Just Placed on a PIP–What Can I Do?
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Employee Relations, For Employees, Human Resources, Termination, Wrongful Termination
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 13, 2024 A Termination Broadcast on TikTok Reveals Failures All Around
Category: Communication, Digital Workplace, Employee Relations, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Social Media, Termination, Workplace culture
January 18, 2024 What Should Employers Know about AI in the Workplace?
Category: AI , Contingency Planning, Digital Workplace, Employee Relations, For Employers, Human Resources, Rebecca Baba
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
September 25, 2023 Can Layoffs Hide Discrimination Claims?
Category: Discrimination, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Workplace Discrimination
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
August 10, 2023 Does the Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling Affect Workplace Diversity? What Employers Need to Know.
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Diversity, EEOC, Employee Relations, For Employers, Human Resources, Matt Tedeschi, Race, Supreme Court, Workplace culture
July 21, 2023 Did the Supreme Court Say Businesses Can Now Discriminate Against LGBT Customers—and Employees Too?
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Discrimination, Employee Relations, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, LGBTQ, Matt Tedeschi, Religion, Supreme Court, Title VII, Workplace discipline
June 23, 2023 LGBT People Are Under Attack This Pride Month. Here Are 10 Things Employers Can Do to Support Us.
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Compensation, Digital Workplace, Discrimination, Diversity, Employee Relations, Equal Pay, For Employers, Human Resources, Leave from work, LGBTQ, Matt Tedeschi, Positive Work Environment, Remote Working, Title VII, Wage Gap, Work from home, Workplace culture, Workplace Discrimination
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
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
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
November 30, 2022 Twitter’s Employment Troubles
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Compensation, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Liability, Matt Tedeschi, Wrongful Termination
October 26, 2022 Illinois Voters Will Soon Decide If They Want a Constitutional Amendment on Unions
Category: Employee Relations, Government, Illinois, Matt Tedeschi, Voting in Illinois
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
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
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
June 17, 2022 Pride in the Workplace: A Conversation
Category: Allison Wolcott, Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Employee Relations, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, LGBTQ, Positive Work Environment, Title VII, Workplace culture
June 10, 2022 Unlimited PTO: Perk or Peril?
Category: Employee Relations, FMLA, For Employers, Human Resources, Leave from work, Poonam Lakhani, PTO, Scheduling, Sick leave
May 31, 2022 Does Working from Home Benefit Mental Health or Harm It?
Category: Angelia Salgado, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Digital Workplace, Employee Relations, For Employers, Human Resources, Mental Health, Work from home, Workplace culture
May 23, 2022 Six Tips for Making Workplace Team-Building Events More Inclusive
Category: Allison Wolcott, Diversity, Employee Relations, For Employers, Human Resources, Positive Work Environment, Workplace culture
May 23, 2022 Elicitation: What Is It and How Can You Use It to Your Advantage?
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Communication, Employee Relations, Human Resources, Workplace discipline, Workplace investigations
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
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
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
September 28, 2021 Businesses Respond to the Texas Abortion Law
Category: Company Values, Employee Relations, Financial aid, Government, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Legal Changes, Politics, Supreme Court, Women in the Workplace
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
June 29, 2021 3 Ways Working from Home Can Improve DEI Efforts
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Digital Workplace, Disability, Discrimination, Diversity, Employee Relations, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Positive Work Environment, Race, Religion, Title VII, Women in the Workplace, Work from home, Workplace culture
May 26, 2021 Basecamp Demonstrates Why Businesses Must Carefully Handle Political and Social Discussions at Work
Category: Communication, Company Values, Diversity, Elizabeth Hanford, Employee Relations, For Employers, Human Resources, Politics, Workplace culture
May 12, 2021 The Top Three Pitfalls of Hiring to Increase Diversity and How to Avoid Them
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Discrimination, Diversity, Employee Relations, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Positive Work Environment, Strategic Planning
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 21, 2021 We’ve Adapted to Remote Work—And So Has Sexual Harassment.
Category: #MeToo, Christina Hynes Mesco, Digital Workplace, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Remote Working, sexual harassment, Sexual Harassment Policies, Women in the Workplace, Work from home, Workplace culture
February 25, 2021 Black History Month Calls Us to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Christina Hynes Mesco, Company Values, Discrimination, Diversity, Employee Relations, For Employers, Human Resources, Race, Workplace culture
January 26, 2021 Should You Pay Your Employees to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Category: Company Values, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employee Relations, For Employers, Matt Tedeschi, Strategic Planning
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 27, 2020 Women of Color Are Still Left Behind by the Legal Profession
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Company Values, Diversity, Employee Relations, Human Resources, Positive Work Environment, Race, Wage Gap, Women in the Workplace
October 16, 2020 Is Age Ignored in Corporate Diversity Initiatives?
Category: ADEA, Age , Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Compliance , COVID-19, Diversity, EEOC, Employee Relations, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Liability, Workplace culture, Workplace training
July 30, 2020 “Religious” Employees Have Been Stripped of Their Rights. How Should They and Their Employers Respond?
Category: ADA, Company Values, Disability, Discrimination, Employee Relations, For Employees, For Employers, Matt Tedeschi, Positive Work Environment, Religion, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment Policies, Supreme Court
July 27, 2020 Religious Employers Exempt from Providing Contraception Coverage
Category: Employee Relations, Government, Madeline Schmit, Religion, Supreme Court, Women in the Workplace
July 15, 2020 On-Boarding in the Age of COVID-19
Category: Business assistance, Christina Hynes Mesco, Company Values, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employee Relations, For Employers, Positive Work Environment
June 17, 2020 Being an Empathetic Team Leader in This Time of Crisis
Category: Amit Bindra, Anti-Discrimination, Communication, Company Values, Diversity, Employee Relations, For Employers, Positive Work Environment
May 31, 2020 How Employers Can Support Mental Health for Returning Employees
Category: ADA, Angelia Salgado, Company Values, Contingency Planning, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Disability, Employee Relations, For Employers, Mental Health
May 18, 2020 May Is the Time for Mental Health Awareness
Category: Company Values, Disability, Diversity, Employee Relations, For Employees, For Employers, Guest Blog, Mental Health, Positive Work Environment
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 30, 2020 Unmasking the Law, Part II: Can an Employer Fire You for Refusing to Wear a Mask?
Category: ADA, Company Values, COVID-19, Disability, Employee Relations, For Employees, Matt Tedeschi, OSHA, Retaliation, 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
April 06, 2020 Winning on the Curves: Transforming Your Workforce When the Pressure is On
Category: Company Values, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, Employee Relations, For Employers, Human Resources, Positive Work Environment, Small Business, Strategic Planning
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
January 23, 2020 Good Counsel Means Good Outcomes in Non-Compete Litigation
Category: Amit Bindra, Employee Relations, For Employees, For Employers, Non-compete, Scheduling
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 What Should You Do When an Employee "Ghosts" You?
Category: Communication, Emergency, Employee Relations, For Employers, Handbook Compliance, Liability, Poonam Lakhani
October 10, 2019 Can't We All Just Get Along?
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Communication, Company Values, Employee Relations, For Employees, For Employers, Poonam Lakhani, Workplace Jerks, Workplace training
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
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
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 21, 2019 Employees, Let's Talk Money: How to Increase Pay Transparency (1/2)
Category: Communication, Employee Relations, For Employees, Remy Snead, Wages
November 12, 2018 The Walkout for Real Change: Google Employees Take a Step toward Solidarity and Shared Control
Category: #MeToo, Anti-Discrimination, Arbitration, Company Values, Diversity, Employee Relations, For Employees, Human Resources, Matt Tedeschi, Positive Work Environment, Power of the Bystander, Sexual Harassment Policies, Social Media, Women in the Workplace, Workplace Jerks
October 15, 2018 Good Employee Relations Are Critical for Your Growing Business
Category: Employee Relations, For Employees, For Employers, Growing Businesses, Poonam Lakhani
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
March 08, 2017 Top 3 Reasons Why Women are Great Negotiators
Category: Employee Relations, For Employees, For Employers, Kristen Prinz, Negotiations, Women in the Workplace
June 04, 2015 Horrible Bosses: How to Deal with Difficulties in the Workplace
Category: Employee Relations, For Employees, Poonam Lakhani, Workplace culture, Workplace Jerks
April 14, 2015 Wage Madness: Can and Should the NCAA Pay Student-Athletes?
Category: Amit Bindra, Compensation, Employee Relations, For Employees, For Employers, NCAA, Sports
December 05, 2014 Five Don'ts When Handling an Employee Termination
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Employment Laws, For Employers
January 15, 2013 How To Apply For An Internal Job Position.
Category: Employee Relations, For Employees, Poonam Lakhani

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