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 [...]
On Tuesday, March 13, 2007, from 5-6 p.m., I'll be giving a free "Understanding Employment Law" seminar at Loyola University of Chicago's Water Tower campus. This is sponsored by Loyola's Graduate School of Business and Loyola's student Human Resource Student Association. It takes place at Loyola's Water Tower Campus (law school), 25 E. Pearson, #1201. [...]
Tony Ramos, President, Integra Security Alliance, and I wrote the following article. Employee Screening and Risk Assessment Recent headlines of workplace violence, violence by home service personnel, as well as convicted rapists working as private security officers or child care providers, has raised serious questions regarding employee screening programs. What is negligent hiring? Should all [...]
On Tuesday, January 16, 2007, 2pm CST, I did a live 30-minute radio interview on WorldTalkRadio.com's radio program "Values and Ethics: From Living Room to Boardroom" hosted by Jason Merchey. The interview concerned the interaction business ethics and labor and employment law. To listen to the interview you can link to MP3s of the interview [...]
As a fan of professional basketball, football and baseball, especially Chicago's teams, I often find valuable business lessons in analogizing labor and employment law related issues to those in sports (chess too for that matter). These analogies include the triangle offense/defense (basketball), the 46 defense (football) or what to say or not to say to [...]
