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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
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
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
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 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 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
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 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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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