http://www.charlesakrugel.com Labor & Employment Law, HR Law Mon, 05 May 2008 00:35:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Earlier this year, I gave a 2 hour training session for a Chicago-based nonprofit. The training concerned progressive discipline and discharge. As typical with most of my training sessions, Q & A and role playing were emphasized. The session was conducted for middle and senior managers with ... http://www.charlesakrugel.com/business-management/progressive-discipline-termination-training-handout.html In my continuing effort to increase my site's usefulness as a resource and research tool, I just added the Sphere plugin. The Sphere icon is at the bottom of each post. This is allows readers to click on the link at the end of all posts to see ... http://www.charlesakrugel.com/blogging-tools/sphere-related-content-plugin.html This Saturday, 4/19/08, at 10 AM, I'll be interviewed for my 2nd time on Chicago's WKKC 89.3 FM's talk radio show Consumer Eye.  WKKC is Kennedy-King College's radio station.  This is a live interview and will be conducted by the show's creator Derek McNeal. The subject of the interview will of ... http://www.charlesakrugel.com/charles-krugel-media/new-chuck-krugel-radio-interview-saturday-april-19-2008-10am-live-on-chicagos-wkkc-fm-893s-consumer-talk-radio-show.html This post continues the discussion that began with my prior post. After deciding whether to have employment policies and which policies to have, a business should determine what form these policies should take. Such forms may include an electronic document, a written memo, a multi-page document, a bound manual, ... http://www.charlesakrugel.com/business-management/employment-policies-and-handbooks-to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-the-question-part-2.html Among my clients and many other businesses the question often arises: Do we need written employment policies or employee handbooks or manuals? The following is what I usually advise and why. In general, there is no statute which mandates that business have such policies or manuals. But, relative ... http://www.charlesakrugel.com/business-management/employment-policies-and-handbooks-to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-the-question.html