About charlesakrugel

Management side labor & employment lawyer and human resources counselor based in Chicago. Established own practice in 2000. Also, on numerous boards of directors & advisers, & member of various area chambers of commerce & business associations.

“N.J. Treatment Center Employees Make Rare Move to Unionize” Article Quotes & Cites Me

Thanks to Behavioral Healthcare & Julie Miller for quoting me in their 7/26/16 article. My comments are in blue below. N.J. treatment center employees make rare move to unionize July 26, 2016 by Julie Miller, Editor in Chief  Employees at Sunrise House in Lafayette, N.J., have voted to join the Health Professionals and Allied Employees [...]

7/6/16 Chuck Krugel Presentation on Employment Agreements at Arlington Heights IDES

On 7/6/16, I'll be presenting "Employee Contracts & Agreements: When, Why, Where & How to Use Them. How to Legally Restrict Employees During & After Employment How laws and court decisions can affect your company’s bottom line." This is from 9 AM — 10:30 AM, at the Illinois Department of Employment Security & Illinois WorkNet, at [...]

IUOE Local 150 Tries to Rebut My Prior Post

The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 150 offers the below objections & demands certain retractions to my 6/2/16 post. Their objections & demands follow in their entirety without any edits. I stand by my original statements. My 6/2/16 post remains as is.

Client & I Go 3-for-3 Against IUOE Local 150

We Beat Them @ Arbitration, the NLRB & Unemployment Comp. Board of Review "Powerful" is how the Chicago Tribune describes the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 150 (4/24/15). They have their own in-house legal staff. They're big labor. A year ago, my client AMS Earth Movers & I beat IUOE Local 150 of [...]

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