After going to a couple of seminars that Chuck Krugel put on, and liking his presentation, I put his name on file for future reference. When the day came that I needed advice on how to handle a union situation involving my company, my customer and a labor union that my customer works with on [...]
On 3/27/12, I was interviewed by First Business' Angie Miles for their nationally syndicated morning broadcast. The subject of discussion is the recent issue of employers asking employees and job candidates for Facebook & other social media passwords & obtaining access to private information on social media. This has also been a recent topic of [...]
One of my clients, 79th Street Barbecue, at 7901 S. Wentworth in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood, has been garnering some great press & reviews lately. The restaurant just opened this past October 2011 & serves ribs, rib tips, fish, chicken (jerk chicken too), etc., etc. On 3/7/12, Ted Brunson of WGN TV recently named it "Chicago's [...]
Due to confidentiality issues, I won't disclose any information that may reveal a parties' identity. Very recently, one of my clients had 2 civil rights complaints filed against them with an enforcement agency by the same employee. Each complaint was a few months apart and were sort of "kitchen sink" complaints. That is, the employee [...]
In the last couple of weeks, I helped a client settle an age discrimination complaint by an ex-employee for $600.00 at a state's human rights' agency. I don't want to be too specific about the details due to confidentiality & ethical concerns. The complaint was baseless. The employer is a great social services organization. The [...]
