Hiring
Today, about 25 business people & I attended a roundtable discussion with U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL, 6th District, O’Hare Suburbs; DuPage County) regarding the increasingly controversial Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). It was a fantastic & frank forum. The animus against this act was palpable in the room; as was Congressman Roskam’s. The general [...]
I'm now writing articles for "Doctor of Dentistry's Greater Chicago Edition." This is a hard copy "business and lifestyle magazine for dentists." My articles focus on the human resources & labor & employment law issues encountered by dental practices. You can read the 1st article, from the December/January issue, which discusses background checking and screening [...]
On Wednesday, November 19, I was interviewed live on the Recruiting Animal show on Blog Talk Radio. Host & professional recruiter, the Recruiting Animal (his blog), interviewed me, for about 90 minutes, on the legal issues encountered by in-house & 3rd party recruiting professionals. The interview is archived on his blogtalkradio website.
I received the following from the American Bar Association (ABA) today. Being that I'm a labor and employment attorney, I couldn't pass up this opportunity to help the ABA conduct this survey about my profession's job market, especially in consideration of this extremely tight and disheartening job market and economy. The ABA Journal is surveying [...]
A client recently asked me about a new State of Illinois law the Employee Classification Act (if the link is expired, then check Google), public act 095-0026, which became effective January 1, 2008. I thought that a brief post might be useful considering that there might be some confusion regarding this Act. Additionally, I've noticed [...]
