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April 30, 2025 What’s an Operating Agreement—and What Should Be in One?
Category: Business, Corporate law, For Employers, Katie Rinkus, Launch It Legally, LLC, Small Business, Starting a business
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
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
March 17, 2025 The Corporate Transparency Act: An Injunction Is Lifted, But Questions Remain
Category: Business, Contingency Planning, Corporate law, Corporate Transparency Act, Courts, For Employers, Government, Katie Rinkus, Legal Changes
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 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
January 19, 2025 Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act Not So Transparent: What Recent Legal Challenges Mean for Your Business
Category: Business, Compliance , Contingency Planning, Corporate law, Corporate Transparency Act, Courts, For Employers, Government, Katie Rinkus, Legal Changes, Strategic Planning, Supreme Court
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
December 09, 2024 A Federal Texas Court Has Suspended the Corporate Transparency Act
Category: Business, Compliance , Corporate law, Corporate Transparency Act, Courts, For Employers, Government, Katie Rinkus, Legal Changes, LLC, Small Business, Strategic Planning
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 24, 2024 Who’s In Charge Here? Key Roles in Corporations and LLCs
Category: Business, Corporate law, For Employers, Katie Rinkus, Launch It Legally, LLC, Small Business, Starting a business, Strategic Planning
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
October 25, 2024 The ABCs of Business Entities
Category: Business, Corporate law, For Employers, Katie Rinkus, Launch It Legally, Small Business, Starting a business, Strategic Planning
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
August 16, 2024 Your Business Needs a Website Privacy Policy, but What Should Be in It?
Category: Business, Compliance , Digital Workplace, For Employers, Human Resources, Katie Rinkus, Liability, Privacy, Small Business, Strategic Planning
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 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
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 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 25, 2024 An Unclear Future for the Corporate Transparency Act, Recently Found Unconstitutional
Category: Business, Compliance , Corporate law, Corporate Transparency Act, 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
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 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 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
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
September 25, 2023 Can Layoffs Hide Discrimination Claims?
Category: Discrimination, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Human Resources, Kristen Prinz, Workplace Discrimination
September 21, 2023 The Corporate Transparency Act: What All Businesses Need to Know
Category: Business, Compliance , Corporate law, Corporate Transparency Act, For Employers, Katie Rinkus, Legal Changes, Small Business
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
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 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 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
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
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
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 27, 2023 How Can Your Business Participate in National Small Business Week?
Category: Business assistance, Financial aid, For Employers, Government, Growing Businesses, Matt Tedeschi, Small Business, Strategic Planning
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 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 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 22, 2022 What Is Happening with Washington D.C.’s Non-Compete Law?
Category: Amit Bindra, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Non-compete
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
September 26, 2022 “Central Park Karen” and Workplace Discrimination
Category: For Employers, Human Resources, Matt Tedeschi, Race, Social Media, 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
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 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
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
April 29, 2022 The Value of Time and Timing in Negotiations
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Kristen Prinz, Negotiations, Time Management , Timing
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 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 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
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 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 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
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 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 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
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 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 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
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 26, 2021 What Do the New OSHA Regulations Mean for Your Business?
Category: Compliance , Coronavirus, COVID-19, For Employers, Government, Liability, Matt Tedeschi, OSHA
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
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
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
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 17, 2020 Fighting Over Face Masks Is Now “Aggravated Battery” in Illinois
Category: Coronavirus, COVID-19, For Employers, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi
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 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 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
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
June 17, 2020 Together Now: Small Business Support in Chicago
Category: Business assistance, COVID-19, Emergency, For Employers, Government, Madeline Schmit, Small Business
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 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 26, 2020 How to Re-Open for Business: Some Legal Best Practices
Category: ADA, Business assistance, Coronavirus, COVID-19, For Employers, Poonam Lakhani, Strategic Planning
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
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 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 08, 2020 Afraid You Can’t Fulfill Your Contract Because of COVID-19? Here Are Some Options.
Category: Contract Law, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, For Employers, Liability, Poonam Lakhani, Small Business, Strategic Planning
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 23, 2020 Help for Small Businesses in the Age of COVID-19
Category: Business assistance, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency, Financial aid, For Employers, Government, Loans, Matt Tedeschi, 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: 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
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 Mergers and Acquisitions: What Do They Mean for Your Non-Compete Clause?
Category: For Employers, Growing Businesses, Mergers & Acquisitions, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, Poonam Lakhani, Restrictive covenant
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 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
September 18, 2019 How Will Recreational Marijuana Impact Illinois Workplaces?
Category: Amit Bindra, Cannabis, For Employees, For Employers, Legal Changes, Liability, Medical Marijuana, Privacy
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 03, 2019 Diversity on Boards: A "Win-Win"
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Race, Religion, Remy Snead
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
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 17, 2018 Company Holiday Caution: How to Host a Fun and Professional Party
Category: Ashley Davidson, For Employers, Positive Work Environment, Workplace culture
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 25, 2018 Do What You Do Best
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, For Employers
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 13, 2018 Employment Contract Mistakes Every Small Business Owner Should Avoid
Category: Amit Bindra, For Employers
February 26, 2018 Does your New Company's Culture Fit?
Category: Ashley Davidson, For Employees, For Employers
February 07, 2018 The Growth Checklist: Do These Things Before You Scale
Category: Amit Bindra, For Employers
January 26, 2018 Can You Change Office Behavior with Training?
Category: For Employers
January 09, 2018 Hire, Fire, and Aspire: 3 Key Times Your Business Needs the Law on Its Side
Category: For Employers, Kristen Prinz
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
November 30, 2017 Three Contracts EVERY Small Business Needs
Category: For Employers
November 16, 2017 3 Workplace Policies Every Employer Should Have
Category: For Employers
October 31, 2017 How to Keep Up with Ever-Changing Employment Laws
Category: For Employers, Poonam Lakhani
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
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
August 01, 2017 Can being a business focused on doing good help attract better, more engaged employees?
Category: For Employers
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
May 31, 2017 Communication, Communication, Communication!
Category: For Employees, For Employers
May 08, 2017 Are There Hidden Meanings in Your Office's Communications?
Category: 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 08, 2017 Change of Control - What is it and How Does it Work?
Category: For Employees, For Employers
January 26, 2017 Multiple Attorneys from Our Firm Selected for Inclusion in the 2017 List of Rising Stars℠
Category: For Employees, For Employers
January 25, 2017 How Hiring a Business Lawyer Can Help Your Small Business
Category: For Employers
January 23, 2017 When Does an Employer Need an Employment Lawyer?
Category: For Employers
December 05, 2016 End-of-the-Year Checklist for Your Business
Category: For Employers
November 21, 2016 What is Capacity to Contract?
Category: For Employers
September 30, 2016 What is a Registered Agent?
Category: For Employers
September 16, 2016 New Laws & Ordinances Review: Employers, Make Sure You Are In Compliance
Category: For Employers
August 08, 2016 Common Business Mistakes to Avoid
Category: For Employers
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 10, 2016 Mistakes To Avoid When Drafting Non-Compete and Non-Solicit Agreements
Category: For Employers
May 18, 2016 DOL Publishes Changes to Overtime Rule
Category: For Employees, For Employers
May 11, 2016 What to Include in Your Partnership Agreement
Category: Contract Law, For Employers, Liability, Mergers & Acquisitions
May 03, 2016 Attorney Kristen Prinz Quoted in Huffington Post Pay Equality Article
Category: For Employees, For Employers
April 21, 2016 Join Us Tonight For "Hiring Your First Employee" Workshop
Category: For Employers
April 15, 2016 Hiring An Employee With A Non-Compete Or Non-Solicit Agreement
Category: For Employers
March 22, 2016 Attorney Kristen Prinz Participates in Live Webcast
Category: For Employees, For Employers
January 18, 2016 Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy
Category: For Employees, For Employers, 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 04, 2015 Why Work-Life Integration Is A Bad Idea
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Kristen Prinz
July 10, 2015 Should You Incorporate Your Consulting Business?
Category: For Employers, Poonam Lakhani
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 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 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
December 05, 2014 Five Don'ts When Handling an Employee Termination
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Employment Laws, For Employers
November 07, 2014 How Managers Can Best Handle Terminating an Employee
Category: For Employers, Jessica Fayerman, Training
October 27, 2014 You've Been Sued: Four Steps for Handling a Non-Compete Dispute
Category: For Employers
October 16, 2014 Non-Solicitation and Non-Competition Clauses: What's the Difference?
Category: For Employers, Jessica Fayerman, Non-compete, Non-solicitation
October 13, 2014 Be Smart: Ways to Negotiate Your Non-Compete
Category: For Employers
October 02, 2014 Kristen Prinz appears on First Business with Bill Moller to discuss confusion over freelance workers
Category: For Employees, For Employers
September 29, 2014 Three Mistakes to Avoid as a Manager
Category: For Employers, Jessica Fayerman
August 18, 2014 Court Denies Proposed $324 Million Settlement on Silicon Valley Hiring
Category: For Employers
June 29, 2014 The Lean Startup Machine 2014
Category: For Employers, Kristen Prinz
June 22, 2014 Charting Your Executive Career
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Jessica Fayerman
June 08, 2014 Four Factors to Consider When Negotiating an Employment Contract
Category: Arbitration, For Employees, For Employers, Jessica Fayerman, Restrictive covenant, Severance
June 04, 2014 5 Signs Your Contractor May Be An Employee
Category: For Employers
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 16, 2013 Remembering Nelson Mandala's Broad Impact on Equality
Category: For Employees, For Employers
November 29, 2013 Starting a Business While You Have a Job
Category: For Employers
November 04, 2013 Do Performance Evaluations Matter?
Category: For Employees, For Employers
October 14, 2013 What are "Clothes"?
Category: For Employers
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 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
May 16, 2013 Illinois Might Pass Three New Employment Laws
Category: For Employers
April 25, 2013 Will You Be My Mentor?
Category: For Employees, For Employers, Poonam Lakhani
April 18, 2013 Physician Employment: Does a Shortage of Family Physicians in IL Mean an Opportunity for Employment Negotiations?
Category: For Employers
April 17, 2013 An Illinois Representative Proposes a New Non-Compete Law
Category: For Employers
April 09, 2013 Equal Pay Day - April 9, 2013
Category: For Employers, Poonam Lakhani
April 03, 2013 Is Age Discrimination a Violation of the Constitution?
Category: Amit Bindra, For Employees, For Employers
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 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 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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