Human Resources
On 1/18/12 from 3PM--4:30PM, I'll be doing my "umpteenth" presentation for Chicago's Department of Business Affairs. As usual, my seminar will focus on understanding labor & employment law & human resources from a business' perspective. This is at Chicago's City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St., Department of Business Affairs, #801. If you'd like to register [...]
Due to confidentiality issues, I won't disclose any information that may reveal a parties' identity. Very recently, one of my clients had 2 civil rights complaints filed against them with an enforcement agency by the same employee. Each complaint was a few months apart and were sort of "kitchen sink" complaints. That is, the employee [...]
On Wednesday, October 26, 2011, The Recruiting Animal welcomed me back to his BlogTalkRadio show for the 3rd time to discuss contract issues for recruiters and their principals. My segment lasts about 15 minutes. The interview is here (MP3) (not the whole show, just my segment) or here. We discussed the practice of recruiters announcing that they'll be conducting interviews for a [...]
Here's the handout for my llinois WorkNet of Northern Cook County, Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity & Crain’s Chicago Small Business Week presentation on social media & HR & legal issues. A PDF version is available here.
Thanks to Dawn Lomer of i-Sight Blog – News & Tools for Better Investigations for quoting me in her 9/8/11 article “Ethical & Legal Workplace Monitoring.” The article is accessible at i-Sight. The full text is below. Walking the line between employer and big brother is a matter of knowing the rules and using common [...]
