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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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
June 17, 2020 Together Now: Small Business Support in Chicago
Category: Business assistance, COVID-19, Emergency, For Employers, Government, Madeline Schmit, Small Business
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
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 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
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