Human Resources
The City of Chicago's Department of Business Affairs & Licensing has asked me to do another employment law seminar (my 3rd). This free seminar will be on Wednesday, August 15, 2007, from 3pm-4:30pm at City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St., Room 805. Like my prior seminars, this will be largely Q&A and round-table discussion. Additionally, [...]
Criminal Background Check left the following comment on my February 11, 2007, post "Employee Screening and Risk Assessment": The latest thing is what people have done/posted on online. Employers are now starting to scour perspective employees Social Networking sites such as Facebook, and MySpace to see what they are up to in their own time. [...]
In response to my July 6, 2007, post concerning a prospective client’ s questions regarding employee severance and separation agreements, Pennsylvania employment attorney Michael Moore posted the following comment: Your comment about “precedent” is right on point for a number of reasons. First, even if your separation agreement includes a confidentiality clause, the information always [...]
A prospective client asked me about separation and severance agreements. More specifically, the company asked about terminating a long time employee (who’s also over 40 years old), and if they should offer this individual a severance and/or have them sign a separation agreement. Generally speaking, whenever I’m asked about employment agreements (e.g., severance, separation, hiring, [...]
In the cover story of the April/May 2007 hard copy edition of Business Week Small Biz and the Spring edition of the Business Week Online, SmallBiz Cover Story, a client and I are quoted and cited in Amy Barrett’s article: “Blindsided-Five H.R. mistakes you can’t afford to make.” What is unique about this is that [...]
