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Several of SmithAmundsen's attorneys are blogging for the Illinois Chamber of Commerce's HR Advisory Group. To check out our recent posts, please visit the Illinois Chamber of Commerce's Web site.

Jeffrey Glass - Financial Reform Brings About a “Trojan Horse” for Racial and Gender Quotas for Private Employers! (7/28/10)

Jill Cheskes - President Obama Signs Into Law $34 Million Unemployment Insurance Benefits Extension Bill (7/23/10)

Sara Stertz - DHS Clarifies the Rules Governing Electronic I-9 Forms (7/23/10)

Jeffrey Risch - Thanks to Appellate Ruling, Nursing Home Faces Tough Legal Battle Over Patient's Preference for "White-Only" Health Care Providers (7/22/10)

Heather Bailey and Jeffrey Risch - Appeals Court Strikes Blow to Employee Alleging 'Work Comp Retaliation' (7/21/10)

Jeffrey Risch - It Just Won't End... Obama Calls on Senate to Pass More Workplace Wage Hour Regulation (7/21/10)

Jeffrey Risch and Jon Hoag - Illinois Court Hammers Subcontractor Under the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (6/25/10)

Julie Proscia and Jon Hoag - U.S. Supreme Court Issues Groundbreaking Decision on Employee Texting (6/22/10)

Sara Stertz - Changes to E-Verify Effective June 13th (6/8/10)

Jon Hoag - Efforts to Provide Reasonable Accommodations Now Critical to Avoiding Liability Under the Amended ADA: A Recent 7th Circuit Case Shows Employers How to Do It Right (6/5/10)

Rebecca Dobbs - One More Time...Federal COBRA Subsidy and Unemployment Benefits Extended Yet Again (6/4/10)

Jeffrey Risch - Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is Hammering Contractors on Illinois Prevailing Wage Act Audits! (6/3/10)

Jon Hoag - OSHA Orders Employer to Pay Whistleblower $575,000 (6/3/10)

Jon Hoag - U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Important Employment Privacy Case (6/1/10)

Jeffrey Risch and Jon Hoag - Illinois Employee Classification Act Challenged as Unconstitutional (4/27/10)

Jeffrey Risch - Here We Go… Chicago Judge Allows HIV-Positive Employee to Pursue Disability Claim under the Amended ADA (4/16/10)

Jeffrey Risch - U.S. DOL Announces MAJOR CRACKDOWN in Wage/Hour Enforcement (4/8/10)

Jeffrey Risch and Sara Stertz - DOL Changes the Rules for Mortgage Loan Originators – No Longer Administratively Exempt (3/29/10)

Jacqueline Lentini McCullough - H-1B Deadline Fast Approaching! (3/22/10)

Julie Proscia - Performance Evaluations “101″ - How to Conduct a Performance Evaluation that Motivates the Employee and Protects the Employer (3/8/10)

Jeffrey Risch - Labor's Frustration with Washington Leads to Increase in Traditional Organizing (2/26/10)

Jeffrey Risch - IDOL Sheds Light on the Term Violation Under the IL Prevailing Wage Act (2/17/10)

Jeffrey Risch and Sara Stertz - Immigration Alert: New Requirements for Illinois Employers Enrolled in E-Verify – Have you filled out the New Form? (2/16/10)

Jeffrey Risch - Illinois Vehicle Code and Phone Use in School Zones Act (2/1/10)

Jeffrey Risch - Illinois Prevailing Wage Update (12/16/09)

Jeffrey Risch - WHOA, NELLIE! – Federal Government Announces Crackdown On Employers Misclassifying Independent Contractors! (12/9/09)

Jeffrey Risch and Sara Stertz - ICE Continues to Knock on Employer Doors & Implements New Fine Guidelines (11/30/09)

Jeffrey Risch and Rebecca Dobbs - Genetic Information Nondiscrimination – Is Your Business Ready? (11/25/09)

Sara Stertz - Updates: E-Verify Finalized, No-Match Rule Recinded, I-9 Requirements Enforced (11/17/09)

Rebecca Dobbs - Divorced Employees and the Perils of Benefit Plan Designation (11/10/09)

Julie Proscia - FMLA is Amended... Yet Again (11/5/09)

Jeffrey Risch - Is my Union Contract Irrelevent on Illinois Prevailing Wage Jobs? (10/30/09)

Michael McGowan - New OSHA “National Emphasis Program” Targeted at Detecting Under Reporting of Work Related Illness and Injury (10/21/09)

Jeffrey Risch - Construction Contractors Beware: Illinois Department of Labor to Aggressively Enforce Employee Classification Act Against Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors (10/9/09)

Sara Stertz - E-Verfiy Can Assist in ICE Audits (10/6/09)

Jeffrey Risch - Prevailing Wage Update: Using a 1st Notice of Prevailing Wage Violation Against a Contractor — The Shame of it All and What Contractors Can Do to “Right the Ship” (9/24/09)

Jeffrey Risch - IT’S BACK!!! Is Your Business Ready for the New & Improved EFCA? (8/26/09)

Jeffrey Risch - Gov. Quinn Signs Prevailing Wage Bill (8/6/09)

Jeffrey Risch - VESSA Expands (7/20/09)

Jeffrey Risch - Obama’s Big Labor Agenda (6/17/09)