On Fat Tuesday, March 8th, the Chicago Bar Foundation & the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators is holding our 11th Annual Fat Tuesday Challenge at Dave & Busters, 1030 N. Clark St., Chicago, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM. There will be a lot of games, team competitions, food (light buffet), drinks, live [...]
I’ve got 3 labor & employment law & HR seminars coming up. 1st on 2/25/11 at 9:30 AM, I’ll be doing another presentation for the city of Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs in their conference room at Chicago’s City Hall, #805, 121 N. LaSalle St. Thanks to the Department of Business Affairs for setting this [...]
On Wednesday, December 2, 2010, I'll be presenting for the Chicago Bar Association's Business Law Committee's monthly lunch meeting at the Chicago Bar Association's building on 321 S. Plymouth St., Chicago. The topic of my presentation concerns employment handbooks and policies--why (or why not) businesses should use them, which policies to use and how to [...]
I'm very excited to announce that in mid-October, I was elected to the Board of Directors for Youth Outreach Services (YOS), http://www.yos.org/. Started in Chicago in 1959, YOS is a fully accredited and licensed child advocate that provides counseling, intervention, preventive care (e.g., health), housing and family services, like foster care & transitional living programs [...]
Due to having 4 federal cases, 2 state cases & 3 union negotiations & related labor-management matters ongoing at the same time & most nearing some form of resolution, my posting this Spring & Summer has been sporadic. On the other hand, union activity seems to be increasing among small businesses in the private sector. [...]
