Practices
Closing the Strategic Gaps Between HR and Senior Leadership Linda Pophal June 12, 2019 HR leaders have long been exhorted to “think strategically” in order to get that coveted “seat at the table.” But strategic means different things to different people. In fact, HR leaders sometimes feel unnecessarily maligned—many, in fact, do think strategically but, perhaps, not in [...]
Clients often ask "why me?" Why did my business get targeted by this attorney or regulatory agency? Here's what I tell them (my answer assumes that they're a good employer that doesn't intentionally break the law; they acted in good faith). In short, we're a litigious society. You're caught up in what's largely become a [...]
Legal Management, legalmanagement.org, the Magazine of the ALA ERIN BRERETON Owner, Chicago Journalist Media To Text or Not to Text Is your firm handling mobile device-based client communication the right way? When Patrick J. Lamb, Partner at Valorem Law Group in Chicago, needs to briefly discuss a matter with another attorney in his office, instead [...]
There's continued interest in the pyramiding of overtime issue. Here's my prior 2 postings on the topic: 1/2/13 & 4/1/16. Recently, I received the below request from a reader: I have seen your writings on pyramiding of overtime and was wondering if you could help on this issue. We are following a bargaining unit contract [...]
Below are materials From My 8/17/16 Presentation @ Chicago's City Hall on Employment Policies, Handbooks & Agreements. Usually I give 3-5 presentations at City Hall each year. My next presentation, 11/16/16, is on "Social Media, Workplace Communication & Legal Compliance --Friend or Unfriend?" More info. on all of Chicago's business workshops is here.
