Feb 232008

Chuck Krugel-New Board of Directors’ Chairman Appointment

I’m excited to announce that on February 15, 2008, I was elected Board Chairman for The YMCA Alliance.
The YMCA Alliance (”Y-Alliance”) is the workforce development, adult education and literacy arm of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, one of Chicago’s largest nonprofits. The Y-Alliance is also part of Training Inc, a national jobs training network [...]

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Feb 192008

Illinois’ Employee Classification Act Question-Posting Notice

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 . . . this [...]

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Feb 102008

Illinois’ Employee Classification Act of 2008

A client recently asked me about a new State of Illinois law the Employee Classification Act (if the link is expired, then check Google), public act 095-0026, which became effective January 1, 2008. I thought that a brief post might be useful considering that there might be some confusion regarding this Act. Additionally, [...]

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Feb 032008

Death in the Workplace Question

In my Yahoo Groups HR Community email, I recently came across the following question and engaged with the solicitor in the following dialogue:
What is the process to be followed if there is a death at the work-
place (not factory)? The death could be of an employee, contract staff
or visitor.
Is there any legal liability on [...]

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