About charlesakrugel

Management side labor & employment lawyer and human resources counselor based in Chicago. Established own practice in 2000. Also, on numerous boards of directors & advisers, & member of various area chambers of commerce & business associations.

Anchorage Daily News Quotes Me in: Seeking Workers’ Comp After a Life-Threatening Case of COVID-19? Here Are Some Things to Consider

Business/Economy Seeking workers’ comp after a life-threatening case of COVID-19? Here are some things to consider. Author: Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace Update, Tuesday, Dec. 15: Columnist note: After writing the above article, I learned that Alaska’s SB 241 states that “an employee who contracts the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is conclusively presumed to have contracted an occupational [...]

How to Choose (or Not Choose) an Attorney

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8_3jS9wd9w Frequently, I get calls from business owners & operators, & consumers, asking about how to select an attorney for either litigation, a transaction or counsel. Moreover, I get a lot of inquiries from current or prospective clients asking for referrals to other attorneys. Here's the general advice I give them: Get referrals from people [...]

South Korea’s National News Service Arirang Interviews Me Live for the 2nd Time This Year on the Pandemic & Labor

South Korea's news service Arirang interviewed me on live TV, 9/8/20, for the 2nd time this year on the pandemic & employment in the international & U.S labor markets. I'm on a panel with Sye-ryun Song, Professor, Kyung Hee University Law School & Young June CHOE, Professor, Hallym University College of Medicine. Our segment is [...]

Pizza Today Quotes & Cites Me Extensively in Their Article “Anticipating the Unemployment Punch”

September 1, 2020 Anticipating the Unemployment Punch By Daniel P. Smith; 9/1/20 With pizzerias forced to lay off staff amid COVID-19, employer tax rates likely to jump. Over a three-week run spanning mid-March to early April, nearly 17 million Americans filed for unemployment – and it’s no secret the restaurant industry, home to some 15.6 [...]

Reader’s Questions About Pyramiding of Overtime

Pyramiding of overtime (OT) & other OT related issues are always a popular topic among business owners & operators. See my earlier posts here. Below is one reader's recent questions & concerns going on at their unionized company. Any identifying information has been changed. Quick question, the company i work for has a cba [collective [...]

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