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April 21, 2025 The New Do’s & Don’ts of DEI in the Workplace
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Compliance , Diversity, EEOC, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Government, Human Resources, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Politics, Strategic Planning, Title VII, Workplace culture, Workplace Discrimination
March 30, 2025 What Do Trump’s Executive Orders Mean for DEI?
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Compliance , Discrimination, DOL, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employers, Government, Handbook Compliance, Human Resources, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Politics, Title VII, Workplace culture
February 25, 2025 Employers: What Should You Do if ICE Knocks at Your Door?
Category: Compliance , Emergency, Employee Relations, For Employers, Government, Human Resources, Immigration, Matt Tedeschi, Paula Acosta, Strategic Planning, Training
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
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 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
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
August 10, 2023 Does the Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling Affect Workplace Diversity? What Employers Need to Know.
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Diversity, EEOC, Employee Relations, For Employers, Human Resources, Matt Tedeschi, Race, Supreme Court, Workplace culture
July 21, 2023 Did the Supreme Court Say Businesses Can Now Discriminate Against LGBT Customers—and Employees Too?
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Discrimination, Employee Relations, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, LGBTQ, Matt Tedeschi, Religion, Supreme Court, Title VII, Workplace discipline
July 19, 2023 Cook County No Longer Livestreaming Court Proceedings
Category: Allison Wolcott, Courts, COVID-19, Digital Workplace, Government, Illinois, Matt Tedeschi
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 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
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
December 21, 2022 What Does the Speak Out Act Mean for Workplaces?
Category: #MeToo, Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Discrimination, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Employment Laws, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Legal Advocacy, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Positive Work Environment, sexual harassment, Women in the Workplace, Workplace Discrimination
November 30, 2022 Twitter’s Employment Troubles
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Compensation, Employee Relations, Employment Law, Liability, Matt Tedeschi, Wrongful Termination
October 26, 2022 Illinois Voters Will Soon Decide If They Want a Constitutional Amendment on Unions
Category: Employee Relations, Government, Illinois, Matt Tedeschi, Voting in Illinois
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
January 31, 2022 Illinois Employment Law Changes in 2022
Category: AI , COVID-19, Disability, Employment Law, Equal Pay, Legal Changes, Matt Tedeschi, Minimum Wage, Non-compete, Non-solicitation, VESSA
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
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
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 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
September 22, 2020 Midwest High Court: Religious Employers May Discriminate Against—But Not Abuse—Their Employees
Category: Disability, Discrimination, LGBTQ, Matt Tedeschi, Religion, Sexual Harassment Policies, Supreme Court, Wrongful Termination
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
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
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 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
May 22, 2019 Google Employees "Sit In" to Protest Retaliation in Wake of Walkout
Category: #MeToo, Anti-Discrimination, Arbitration, Company Values, Diversity, Employee Relations, Matt Tedeschi, Positive Work Environment, Power of the Bystander, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment Policies, Social Media, Women in the Workplace, Wrongful Termination
March 19, 2019 More Employees Might Soon Be Eligible for Overtime Pay
Category: Employment Law, FLSA, For Employees, Government, Matt Tedeschi, Overtime, Wages
November 12, 2018 The Walkout for Real Change: Google Employees Take a Step toward Solidarity and Shared Control
Category: #MeToo, Anti-Discrimination, Arbitration, Company Values, Diversity, Employee Relations, For Employees, Human Resources, Matt Tedeschi, Positive Work Environment, Power of the Bystander, Sexual Harassment Policies, Social Media, Women in the Workplace, Workplace Jerks
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