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March 27, 2025 Deception, Discrimination, and Severance, Oh My! An Appeals Court Ruling against the Chicago White Sox Might Affect Future Severance Negotiations
Category: Chicago, Contract Law, Courts, Discrimination, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Illinois, LGBTQ, Mary F. Charlton, Severance, Sports, Termination, Workplace Discrimination
February 28, 2025 Did Illinois Just Ban Non-Competes for Mental Health Providers? Not Quite.
Category: Amit Bindra, Angelia Salgado, Contract Law, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Healthcare, Human Resources, Illinois, Legal Changes, Mental Health, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, Physician Employment, Restrictive covenant, Small Business, Strategic Planning
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
January 31, 2025 Trump Terminated a Top NLRB Official, Who Called the Move a “Blatant Violation” of Law. How Will It Affect Workers?
Category: Employment Law, For Employees, Government, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, NLRA, Strategic Planning, Termination, Wrongful Termination
January 31, 2025 Trump Has Purged Top EEOC Officials. What Does That Mean for Workers?
Category: Discrimination, Diversity, EEOC, Employment Law, For Employees, Government, Legal Changes, LGBTQ, Matt Tedeschi, Politics, Strategic Planning, Termination, Title VII, Workplace Discrimination, Wrongful Termination
December 23, 2024 Many New Employment Law Changes Are Coming to Illinois in 2025
Category: AI , Anti-Discrimination, Compliance , Contingency Planning, Disability, Discrimination, DOL, Employment Law, Equal Pay, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Human Resources, Illinois, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Minimum Wage, Wages
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 Yes, It’s Personal: Authentic Emotion in Negotiations
Category: Career, Communication, For Employees, For Employers, Kristen Prinz, Negotiations
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
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 24, 2024 Minimum Wage Increases in July
Category: Chicago, Compliance , Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Minimum Wage, Wages
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
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 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
November 14, 2023 How Can You Overcome Negotiating Against Yourself?
Category: Career, Communication, For Employees, Kristen Prinz, Negotiations, Woman in the Workplace
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
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
July 27, 2023 Will Pay Transparency Laws Bring Pay Equity?
Category: Compensation, Equal Pay, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Wages, Women in the Workplace
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 27, 2023 The Minimum Wage Rises in July
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Minimum Wage, Small Business, Wages
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
May 17, 2023 The E. Jean Carroll Trial Has Many Wondering: What Can I Do about Sexual Assault in the Workplace?
Category: #MeToo, For Employees, Human Resources, Illinois, Laura Feldman, Sexual Harassment Policies, Women in the Workplace
April 30, 2023 Should You Try to Negotiate Your Severance?
Category: Compensation, For Employees, Kristen Prinz, Negotiations, Wrongful Termination
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
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
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 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
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
April 29, 2022 The Value of Time and Timing in Negotiations
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Kristen Prinz, Negotiations, Time Management , Timing
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
March 28, 2022 Think Before You Post: Social Media in the Age of COVID
Category: Allison Wolcott, Communication, Digital Workplace, For Employees, Handbook Compliance, Human Resources, Social Media, Work from home
February 22, 2022 New Guidance on Long Covid and the ADA
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, EEOC, For Employees, For Employers, Laura Lefkow-Hynes
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 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 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
November 23, 2021 Controlling the Conversation in a Negotiation
Category: For Employees, Kristen Prinz, Negotiations
October 21, 2021 Women Deserve Better Advice for Negotiating a Raise
Category: Compensation, Equal Pay, For Employees, Kristen Prinz, Negotiations, Wage Gap, 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
August 27, 2021 Can Employers Raise Health Insurance Premiums for Unvaccinated Workers?
Category: Coronavirus, COVID-19, For Employees, For Employers, Healthcare, Human Resources, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Matt Tedeschi
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 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 23, 2021 How to Get a Lawyer to Take Your Case (from the People Who Screen Their Calls)
Category: Alex Raynor, Communication, For Employees, Grace Moore, Intake, Marcet Crockett
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
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
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
February 25, 2021 Humor at Work, and When Humor Isn’t Funny
Category: Employment Law, For Employees, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Workplace culture
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
December 18, 2020 The COVID-19 Vaccine Is Here: What About Religious and Medical Exemptions in the Workplace?
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Disability, EEOC, Exemptions, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, OSHA, Poonam Lakhani, Religion, Title VII
December 16, 2020 The FFCRA’s Expiration Might Mean Increased ADA Claims
Category: ADA, Congress, COVID-19, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Mental Health, Sick leave
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
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
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
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
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
May 26, 2020 What Employees Need to Know About Unemployment During COVID-19
Category: Coronavirus, COVID-19, For Employees, Marcet Crockett, Unemployment
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
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
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 17, 2020 Is Your Business Ready for 2020’s Legal Changes?
Category: AI , Diversity, Employment Laws, Equal Pay, For Employees, For Employers, Government, Legal Changes, Minimum Wage, Overtime, Poonam Lakhani, Scheduling, Small Business, VESSA , Webinar, 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
November 26, 2019 Social Media & Tech in the Workplace
Category: Amit Bindra, For Employees, For Employers, Social Media, Wage Claims, Work from home, Workplace training
November 22, 2019 Interviewing in the Age of Social Media
Category: Anti-Discrimination, For Employees, For Employers, NLRA, Poonam Lakhani, Privacy, Social Media, Social Media Fast
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
September 18, 2019 How Will Recreational Marijuana Impact Illinois Workplaces?
Category: Amit Bindra, Cannabis, For Employees, For Employers, Legal Changes, Liability, Medical Marijuana, Privacy
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
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 03, 2019 Diversity on Boards: A "Win-Win"
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Race, Religion, 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
March 19, 2019 More Employees Might Soon Be Eligible for Overtime Pay
Category: Employment Law, FLSA, For Employees, Government, Matt Tedeschi, Overtime, Wages
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
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
August 13, 2018 Do you know the implications of the "arbitration clause" in your contract?
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Poonam Lakhani
June 08, 2018 Have you asked your employees about harassment? Nike didn't either.
Category: For Employees, For Employers
May 30, 2018 Employment On-Boarding 101
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, For Employees, For Employers
May 04, 2018 The Department of Labor's New PAID Program: Is it a Win for Employers & Employees?
Category: Ashley Davidson, For Employees, For Employers
April 25, 2018 Starbucks' Racial Blunder: How to Make Sure Your Employees Don't Make the Same Mistake
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Poonam Lakhani
April 24, 2018 Four Simple Ways to Reduce the Pay Gap
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Kristen Prinz
March 23, 2018 Work-Life Balance - What Are Your Rights?
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
February 26, 2018 Does your New Company's Culture Fit?
Category: Ashley Davidson, For Employees, For Employers
December 22, 2017 Why Executives Need Their Own Personal Dream Team
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Kristen Prinz
December 11, 2017 3 Rules of Communication for Every Leader
Category: For Employees, For Employers
October 17, 2017 Can Using an Emoji Land You in Court?
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Communication, Digital Workplace, For Employees, For Employers
October 04, 2017 How Do We Eliminate Negative Biases From Employment?
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Kristen Prinz
September 18, 2017 What Laws Should I Be Worried About After I Leave My Job?
Category: For Employees
August 23, 2017 What Counts as Sexual Harassment in the Workplace?
Category: For Employees, For Employers, sexual harassment, Sexual Harassment Policies
August 04, 2017 Attorney Kristen Prinz Recognized as One of the Most Influential Women Lawyers by Crain's Chicago Business
Category: For Employees, For Employers
July 25, 2017 Illinois Discrimination Laws Protect Transgender Citizens
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Employment Law, For Employees, Human Resources, Illinois, LGBTQ
June 26, 2017 Myths Professional Women Need to Banish!
Category: For Employees
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
June 19, 2017 What's Enough?
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Kristen Prinz
June 12, 2017 How Do I Prove That My Employer Retaliated Against Me?
Category: For Employees
June 05, 2017 Pregnancy Discrimination: Do You Know Your Rights?
Category: For Employees
May 31, 2017 Communication, Communication, Communication!
Category: For Employees, For Employers
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
February 20, 2017 What Are My Rights as a Pregnant Employee?
Category: For Employees
February 08, 2017 Change of Control - What is it and How Does it Work?
Category: For Employees, For Employers
January 31, 2017 Can Transparency Lead to Equal Pay?
Category: Compensation, Equal Pay, For Employees, Government, Wage Gap, Women in the Workplace
January 26, 2017 Multiple Attorneys from Our Firm Selected for Inclusion in the 2017 List of Rising Stars℠
Category: For Employees, For Employers
December 14, 2016 What to do if You've Been Put on a Performance Improvement Plan
Category: For Employees
October 20, 2016 Recoverable Damages in Wrongful Termination
Category: For Employees
October 07, 2016 Why You Probably Won't Get a Public Apology
Category: For Employees
September 09, 2016 Preparing to Meet With Your Employment Lawyer
Category: For Employees
August 16, 2016 What Your Severance Package Can Include
Category: For Employees
July 18, 2016 Attorney Kristen Prinz to Present Webinar for WealthCounsel
Category: For Employees, For Employers
July 08, 2016 Is Your Contract Legally Valid?
Category: For Employees, For Employers
June 30, 2016 Chicago's Paid Sick Leave Ordinance
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Leave from work, Sick leave
June 15, 2016 What To Do If You're Being Sexually Harassed
Category: For Employees
May 18, 2016 DOL Publishes Changes to Overtime Rule
Category: For Employees, For Employers
May 03, 2016 Attorney Kristen Prinz Quoted in Huffington Post Pay Equality Article
Category: For Employees, For Employers
April 29, 2016 The Rise of Technology and Sexual Harassment
Category: Digital Workplace, For Employees, sexual harassment, Sexual Harassment Policies
April 12, 2016 Equal Pay Day: Why Men Should Be Out Front in the Fight For Equal Pay
Category: For Employees
April 08, 2016 Can Negotiations Close the Wage Gap?
Category: Equal Pay, For Employees, Kristen Prinz, Negotiations, Wage Gap, Women in the Workplace
March 28, 2016 Demand More at Home to Achieve More at Work
Category: For Employees, Kristen Prinz
March 22, 2016 Attorney Kristen Prinz Participates in Live Webcast
Category: For Employees, For Employers
March 21, 2016 Attorney Kristen Prinz to Speak on Salary Negotiations and Equal Pay
Category: For Employees
January 18, 2016 Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Poonam Lakhani
November 12, 2015 Unpaid Wages? Be Sure To Explore Your Options
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
September 16, 2015 Internet Trolls Beware: Before You Hit "Post" On That Anonymous Internet Commentary.
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, For Employees, For Employers
September 04, 2015 The Dangers of the Unenforceable Non-Compete
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Kristen Prinz
August 06, 2015 How To Network When You Hate Networking
Category: For Employees
August 04, 2015 Why Work-Life Integration Is A Bad Idea
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Kristen Prinz
July 01, 2015 How Can Professionals Learn from Bill Simmons's Separation from ESPN?
Category: For Employees
June 16, 2015 Why do Work and Life have to Compete?
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
June 04, 2015 Horrible Bosses: How to Deal with Difficulties in the Workplace
Category: Employee Relations, For Employees, Poonam Lakhani, Workplace culture, Workplace Jerks
June 03, 2015 LOL: Bad Email Habits to Avoid
Category: For Employees
May 13, 2015 What We Can Learn from ESPN Reporter Britt McHenry's After Hours Conduct
Category: For Employees, For Employers
May 04, 2015 What We Can Learn from the $70 Million Dollar Pay Package for Google's New CFO
Category: Bonus, Compensation, For Employees, For Employers, Google, Poonam Lakhani
April 23, 2015 Are Mistakes in Your Office Being Hidden?
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Kristen Prinz
April 22, 2015 Here's How Women (and Men) Might Someday Address the Pay Gap
Category: Equal Pay, For Employees, Kristen Prinz, Women in the Workplace
April 20, 2015 IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAY, IT'S HOW YOU SAY IT By: Bill Moller
Category: For Employees, For Employers
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
April 01, 2015 How the Ellen Pao Case Can Advance Women
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Kristen Prinz
March 24, 2015 An Illinois Appellate Court Confirms The Two-Year Rule For Non-Compete Agreements
Category: Amit Bindra, For Employees, For Employers, Non-compete
March 20, 2015 How to Plan Out Your Career Path
Category: For Employees
March 17, 2015 How to Advocate for Your Own Growth at a Large Company
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
March 06, 2015 Sit Down and Shut Up: My Experience with Meditation, Mindfulness, and a Radically Different Way to Work With Stress
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Jessica Fayerman
February 20, 2015 How to Make the Most of Salary Negotiations
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
February 16, 2015 Get What You Want in Writing Before You Sign the Contract
Category: For Employees
February 13, 2015 Making HR Work for You
Category: For Employees
January 30, 2015 Five Ways to Re-Energize Your Job Search
Category: For Employees, Jessica Fayerman
January 27, 2015 3 Reasons You're Not Getting Hired and What to Do About It
Category: For Employees, Kristen Prinz
January 20, 2015 Getting Hired at a New Organization
Category: For Employees
January 15, 2015 Ready For a Change?
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
January 02, 2015 Here's What You Should Know About Age Discrimination
Category: ADEA, Age , For Employees, Jessica Fayerman
December 26, 2014 What is Wrongful Termination?
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
December 15, 2014 Can I Be Fired for That?
Category: For Employees
October 02, 2014 Kristen Prinz appears on First Business with Bill Moller to discuss confusion over freelance workers
Category: For Employees, For Employers
September 30, 2014 How To Tell When It Is Time To Quit
Category: For Employees
September 15, 2014 First Day on the Job? 8 Tips for Making it a Success
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
September 07, 2014 How to Be Productive When Working From Home
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani, Remote Working, Work from home
August 31, 2014 Confidence Matters
Category: For Employees, Kristen Prinz
August 24, 2014 Remembering the Value of Face Time
Category: For Employees
August 10, 2014 Four Ways to Respond to a 360 Review
Category: For Employees
June 22, 2014 Charting Your Executive Career
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Jessica Fayerman
June 15, 2014 Planning A Graceful Exit Strategy
Category: For Employees
June 08, 2014 Four Factors to Consider When Negotiating an Employment Contract
Category: Arbitration, For Employees, For Employers, Jessica Fayerman, Restrictive covenant, Severance
June 01, 2014 Five Suggestions for Protecting your Rights Under the FMLA
Category: For Employees
May 18, 2014 How to Make Yourself Indispensable at Work
Category: For Employees
May 11, 2014 Celebrating Mistakes and Failure in Order to Grow Your Career
Category: For Employees
May 04, 2014 Is Your Boss Stiﬂing Your Growth?
Category: Career, For Employees
April 20, 2014 6 Signs You Should Consider Saying "No" to a Job Offer
Category: For Employees
March 26, 2014 7 Clues You May Be Fired
Category: For Employees
February 04, 2014 The Five Clauses Every Professional Should Have in His/Her Employment Agreement
Category: For Employees
January 22, 2014 A Word About Words.
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, For Employees, For Employers, Workplace culture
January 03, 2014 Physician Non-Competes: Are they still enforceable in Illinois?
Category: For Employees, For Employers
December 29, 2013 Auditing Your Career
Category: For Employees
December 16, 2013 Remembering Nelson Mandala's Broad Impact on Equality
Category: For Employees, For Employers
November 22, 2013 Human Resources Doesn't Represent Humans
Category: For Employees
November 20, 2013 The Senate Passed a Law to Protect LGBT Employees, but House Passage is Still Necessary
Category: Amit Bindra, Congress, For Employees, LGBTQ
November 04, 2013 Do Performance Evaluations Matter?
Category: For Employees, For Employers
October 25, 2013 Human Rights Laws Fail to Protect Unpaid Interns
Category: For Employees
October 08, 2013 Giving is Good
Category: For Employees, For Employers
September 27, 2013 EEOC Settles Religious Discrimination Lawsuits
Category: Amit Bindra, For Employees, For Employers, Religion, Title VII
September 13, 2013 A Class of Women Receive a Nearly $2 Million Dollar Settlement in a Discrimination Lawsuit
Category: For Employees
September 05, 2013 The Real Meaning behind Labor Day
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Poonam Lakhani
August 29, 2013 A Revolutionary Road to Success: Give and Take
Category: For Employees, For Employers
August 01, 2013 Protecting Your Job
Category: For Employees
July 24, 2013 What does the DOMA ruling mean for you?
Category: Congress, For Employees, LGBTQ, Poonam Lakhani, Supreme Court
July 03, 2013 Two Years of Employment are Key for a Valid Non-Compete Clause
Category: For Employees
June 27, 2013 Tips about Tips
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
May 23, 2013 8 Signs You Are Being Fired
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
May 09, 2013 Take your vacation, you earned it.
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
May 02, 2013 The Benefits of Working at a Small Business
Category: For Employees
April 25, 2013 Will You Be My Mentor?
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Poonam Lakhani
April 03, 2013 Is Age Discrimination a Violation of the Constitution?
Category: Amit Bindra, For Employees, For Employers
March 29, 2013 Does "Leaning In" Mean Not Raising Claims of Discrimination or Harassment?
Category: For Employees
March 27, 2013 Book Smarts, Street Smarts . . . and Professionalism Smarts?
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
March 13, 2013 International Women's Day
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
February 28, 2013 Job Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation
Category: Amit Bindra, Anti-Discrimination, For Employees, LGBTQ, Supreme Court, Title VII
February 20, 2013 It's Not Just What You Say; It's How You Say It
Category: For Employees
February 04, 2013 Why Should Businesses and Employees Fear Social Media?
Category: For Employees, For Employers
January 29, 2013 Class Actions for Employment Law
Category: Amit Bindra, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers
January 22, 2013 Is Being A "Yes Man" The Only Way To Get Ahead?
Category: For Employees
January 18, 2013 New Year, New Illinois Laws
Category: Amit Bindra, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers
January 15, 2013 Dangers of Email
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Poonam Lakhani
January 15, 2013 The Secret to Success: A Sponsor
Category: For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
January 15, 2013 Women, Ask For What You Want!
Category: For Employees, Gender Neutrality, Negotiations, Poonam Lakhani, Women in the Workplace
January 15, 2013 How To Apply For An Internal Job Position.
Category: Employee Relations, For Employees, Poonam Lakhani
January 14, 2013 Has The Economy Made It Harder To Get Unemployment Benefits?
Category: For Employees
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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