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Jeffrey Risch- Urgent Labor Law Alert! NLRB Issues Pro-Union Decisions Designed to Stunt Free Choice and Assist Big Labor (8/31/2011)
Sara Zorich - Federal Appeals Court Affirms that Private Employer had “Reasonable Suspicion” to Request a Polygraph Test (08/29/2011)
Beverly Alfon - ONE MORE THING TO DO! NLRB ISSUES NEW RULE REQUIRING NOTICE POSTING (8/25/2011)
Jonathon Hoag - Federal Appeals Court Reminds Employers of the Importance of Conducting Prompt Internal Investigations (07/28/2011)
Jeffrey Risch - NLRB Seeks to "Rewrite" Labor Law Through Administrative Rulemaking (6/22/2011)
Jeffrey Risch - Illinois Prevailing Wage Law Amended Again (6/15/2011)
Jeffrey Risch - NLRB Decides That 'Giant Rats' Are Free To Roam... (6/14/2011)
Jacqueline Lentini McCullough - Pretty "Cool" Resource...The Feds Launch 'I-9 Central' on USCIS.gov (5/19/2011)
Jeffrey Risch - NLRB Issues Yet Another Complaint Against Non-Profit Employer For Allegedly Discharging Employees After Facebook Postings (5/19/2011)
Jeffrey Risch - New Illinois Department of Labor Director is Quick to Issue Notices of Violation Under the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (5/9/2011)
Sara Zorich - They're Back!!! SSA Resumes Issuing Employers Social Security "No Match" Letters (5/6/2011)
Heather Bailey - Are You Applying the "Tip Credit" to Your Employees' Wages Correctly? (5/3/2011)
Jeffrey Risch and Jon Hoag - Private Enterprise Beware! Accepting State Funds Triggers Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (4/28/2011)
Jeffrey Risch - NLRB's 'Agenda' Directed at the Non-Union Workforce (4/26/2011)
Beverly Alfon - U.S. Supreme Court Declines Opportunity to Kill Project Labor Agreements (4/22/2011)
Allison Chaplick - Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Summary Judgment to Retroactively Apply the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (4/6/2011)
Sara Zorich - New DHS and DOL Memorandum of Understanding Confirms Information Sharing Between Departments (4/1/2011)
Allison Chaplick - Court Approves $5.9 Million Settlement Against Employer Performing Background Checks (3/23/2011)
Jeffrey Risch - Does the Illinois Prevailing Wage Law Stifle Competitive Public Bidding? (3/16/2011)
Julie Proscia - Internships: To Pay or Not to Pay, That is the Question... (3/7/2011)
Rebecca Dobbs - Civil Unions in Illinois - What Does It Mean For Your Employee Benefit Plans? (2/16/2011)
Sara Zorich - Employer I-9 Audits Continues to be DHS Focus in 2011 (2/15/2011)
Sara Zorich - 7th Circuit Paves Way for More Wage and Hour Class Actions (2/14/2011)
Sara Zorich - Revised “How To” Handbook for Completing I-9’s (1/14/11)
Jon Hoag - $3.2 Million Jewel-Osco ADA Settlement Provides Important Reminder About Disability Leave Policies (1/7/11)
Jeffrey Risch - Clear as Mud...Idol Declares Landscape Work Not Performed On Public Construction Projects May or May Not Be Covered Under Illinois' Prevailing Wage Act (1/5/2011)
Rebecca Dobbs - Health Care Reform Update: IRS Delays Enforcement of Key Provision (1/3/11)
Heather Bailey - US DOL/OFCCP Crackdown in Full Force! (1/3/11)
Jeffrey Risch - Making Up Rules as It Goes...NLRB Wants to Create New Ways to Burden Employers (12/22/10)
Allison Chaplick and Sara Zorich - EEOC’s Final Rules and Interpretation of Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) Effective November 9, 2010 (11/9/10)
Jill Cheskes - Federal Appeals Court Finds that the Lilly Ledbetter Law DOES NOT Apply to Failure to Promote Claims (10/5/10)
Jeffrey Risch - Idol Highlights Law Protecting Domestic Violence Victims, Their Families, and Their Household Members (10/1/10)
Sara Zorich - I-9 ALERT – Puerto Rico is Issuing New Birth Certificates (9/29/10)
Jeffrey Risch - White House Supports "Reform" Aimed at Attacking Independent Contractor Status and Eliminating "Safe Harbor" Protection (9/27/10)
Jeffrey Risch - Pro-Labor NLRB Issues More Decisions Adverse to Employers (9/23/10)
Jeffrey Risch - Illinois Department of Labor Uses the Illinos Prevailing Wage Act to Crush Small Business Owners (9/14/10)
Jeffrey Risch - Breaking News - NLRB Rewrites Labor Law by Permitting Union ‘Bannering’ Directed Against Neutral Employers (9/3/10)
Jacqueline Lentini McCullough - Department of Justice Weighs in on Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices (8/19/10)
Jeffrey Risch - New Illinois Law Limits Most Employers from Conducting Credit Checks (8/16/10)
Jeffrey Risch - Wake up Public Bodies & Contractors! Do Not Fall for This Illinois Prevailing Wage Act Trap (8/13/10)
Jeffrey Risch - Gov. Quinn Signs Key Laws Impacting Illinois Employers (8/5/10)
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 Zorich - 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 Zorich - 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 Zorich - 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 Zoric h - 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 Zorich - 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 Zorich - 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 Zorich - 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)