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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
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
July 19, 2023 Cook County No Longer Livestreaming Court Proceedings
Category: Allison Wolcott, Courts, COVID-19, Digital Workplace, Government, Illinois, Matt Tedeschi
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
March 15, 2023 Recent Legislation Makes Our Judges Safer but Could Go Further
Category: Congress, Courts, Government, Judicial security, Laura Lefkow-Hynes
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 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 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
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
September 19, 2022 “Fundamental Principles Should Not Be Up for Grabs”: Justice Elena Kagan Reflects on the Supreme Court
Category: Courts, Government, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Supreme Court
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 22, 2021 No Day at the Beach for Chicago Lifeguards Who Faced Sexual Harassment
Category: #MeToo, Government, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Sexual assault, sexual harassment, Women in the Workplace, Workplace training
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 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
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 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 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 Investigating the EEOC: Has the Nation’s Workplace Watchdog Itself Engaged in Discrimination?
Category: Discrimination, EEOC, Government, Marcet Crockett, Title VII
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 26, 2021 What Do the New OSHA Regulations Mean for Your Business?
Category: Compliance , Coronavirus, COVID-19, For Employers, Government, Liability, Matt Tedeschi, OSHA
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 Our Judges Need to Be Protected Now—and Here’s How
Category: Congress, Courts, Government, Judicial security, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Privacy
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
July 27, 2020 Religious Employers Exempt from Providing Contraception Coverage
Category: Employee Relations, Government, Madeline Schmit, Religion, Supreme Court, Women in the Workplace
June 29, 2020 Somewhere Over the Rainbow? What the Bostock Decision Means for the LGBT Community.
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Employment Law, Gender Neutrality, Government, LGBTQ, Matt Tedeschi, Positive Work Environment, Supreme Court, Wrongful Termination
June 17, 2020 Together Now: Small Business Support in Chicago
Category: Business assistance, COVID-19, Emergency, For Employers, Government, Madeline Schmit, Small Business
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
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
March 19, 2019 More Employees Might Soon Be Eligible for Overtime Pay
Category: Employment Law, FLSA, For Employees, Government, Matt Tedeschi, Overtime, Wages
January 31, 2017 Can Transparency Lead to Equal Pay?
Category: Compensation, Equal Pay, For Employees, Government, Wage Gap, Women in the Workplace
January 07, 2013 Who is a "Supervisor"?
Category: Amit Bindra, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Government