Labor Law
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 [...]
In Law360.com’s (The Newswire for Business Lawyers) September 5, 2008, article “Work E-Mails: The New Smoking Guns” by Christine Caulfield, I was interviewed for and quoted in Christine’s article concerning workplace emails in the aftermath of two Credit Suisse brokers charged with conspiring to deceive investors via e-mail. If you can’t access the article via [...]
On June 20, 2008, I gave my 4th seminar in the last 2 years for the City of Chicago's Department of Business Affairs and Licensing. Like my prior seminars for them, it focused on labor and employment law for small and medium sized businesses (2-1,000 employees). The handout for this, which reflects 2008 legal changes, [...]
In the May 2008 hardcopy and online editions of Health Leaders, I’m quoted in Corey Christman’s article “From Collaboration Comes Motivation–Motivating your unionized work force to achieve a top level of performance must be a joint effort between labor and management.” The full article is below. Thanks Corey! […]
I've been asked about posting notice for the Illinois Employee Classification Act. For more information about the Act, see my 2/10/08 post. This is a simple provision of the Act. It's contained in Section 15 Notice. All businesses with "one or more individuals perform[ing] services who are not classified as employees under . . . [...]
