Presentations
I'll be part of the 1 PM panel presentation for "Starting a Business." Hopefully, this will be a heavily Q & A oriented discussion of whether to start a business & what factors to consider when starting (including the all-important exit strategy). My comments will be based on my 14 years as a solo practitioner [...]
Thanks to Illinois WorkNet Centers, Business & Career Services & the Illinois Department of Employment Security for setting this up.
I've been asked to be part of a panel of 3 HR professionals (bios below) to discuss human resources management & labor & employment law issues with alums from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative sponsored by Goldman Sachs & the City Colleges of Chicago. The City Colleges of Chicago, in partnership with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is offering [...]
Here's the materials from my May 2014 "Sink or Swim With Social Media: Legal Workplace Issues" presentation for Assurance University. It's a 56-slide PowerPoint analyzing court & regulatory agency rulings concerning who owns work-related accounts & content, & what employers can & should do to manager their employee & business' social media activities. Unfortunately, the [...]
Here's the materials from my "How to Hire an Employee." Click here to be taken to the handout (PDF-7 pages). One of the feedback responses I received asked for a step-by-step guide on how to hire an employee or independent contractor. Below is the followup email that I sent to all attendees. I touched on [...]
