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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
October 19, 2023 An Underutilized Tool for Sexual Assault Victims: the Illinois Gender Violence Act
Category: #MeToo, Employment Law, For Employees, Human Resources, Illinois, Laura Feldman, Legal Advocacy, Sexual assault, sexual harassment, Women in the Workplace
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
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
May 17, 2023 The E. Jean Carroll Trial Has Many Wondering: What Can I Do about Sexual Assault in the Workplace?
Category: #MeToo, For Employees, Human Resources, Illinois, Laura Feldman, Sexual Harassment Policies, Women in the Workplace
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
December 27, 2022 Ask If You Want It
Category: Communication, Company Values, Compensation, Employment Law, For Employees, Kristen Prinz, Negotiations, Positive Work Environment, Women in the Workplace, Workplace culture
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
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
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
April 20, 2022 The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Shatters Another Glass Ceiling!
Category: Compensation, Discrimination, Equal Pay, Gender Neutrality, Navdeep Gill, Sports, Title VII, Wage Gap, Women in the Workplace
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
December 29, 2021 The Washington Football Team, Jon Gruden, and Employment Law
Category: Amit Bindra, Discrimination, Employment Law, sexual harassment, Sports, Women in the Workplace, Workplace investigations
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
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
October 21, 2021 Women Deserve Better Advice for Negotiating a Raise
Category: Compensation, Equal Pay, For Employees, Kristen Prinz, Negotiations, Wage Gap, Women in the Workplace
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
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
April 21, 2021 We’ve Adapted to Remote Work—And So Has Sexual Harassment.
Category: #MeToo, Christina Hynes Mesco, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Sexual Harassment Policies, Women in the Workplace, Work from home, 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 09, 2021 Pregnant Workers May Gain Increased Protections
Category: ADA, Company Values, Disability, Discrimination, Employment Law, For Employees, Human Resources, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Pregnancy, Women in the Workplace
February 23, 2021 The 7th Circuit Has Broadened the Scope of the Lilly Ledbetter Act
Category: Employment Law, Equal Pay, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Wage Claims, Wage Gap, Wages, Women in the Workplace
October 27, 2020 Women of Color Are Still Left Behind by the Legal Profession
Category: Christina Hynes Mesco, Company Values, Diversity, Employee Relations, Human Resources, Positive Work Environment, Race, Wage Gap, Women in the Workplace
September 22, 2020 The Impact of the Notorious R.B.G. Will Be Felt for Years
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Courts, Diversity, Equal Pay, Gender Neutrality, Law school, Poonam Lakhani, Supreme Court, Wage Gap, Women in the Workplace
July 27, 2020 Religious Employers Exempt from Providing Contraception Coverage
Category: Employee Relations, Government, Madeline Schmit, Religion, Supreme Court, Women in the Workplace
August 20, 2019 Let Them Eat Cake...But Serve It Themselves: One Woman's Fight against Gender Discrimination and Retaliation
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Employment Law, For Employees, Gender Neutrality, Remy Snead, Retaliation, Women in the Workplace
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
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
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
January 31, 2017 Can Transparency Lead to Equal Pay?
Category: Compensation, Equal Pay, For Employees, Government, Wage Gap, Women in the Workplace
April 08, 2016 Can Negotiations Close the Wage Gap?
Category: Equal Pay, For Employees, Kristen Prinz, Negotiations, Wage Gap, Women in the Workplace
April 22, 2015 Here's How Women (and Men) Might Someday Address the Pay Gap
Category: Equal Pay, For Employees, Kristen Prinz, Women in the Workplace
January 15, 2013 Women, Ask For What You Want!
Category: For Employees, Gender Neutrality, Negotiations, Poonam Lakhani, Women in the Workplace