When Getting Sued Might Be Good

Generally, a lawsuit is the worst way to resolve a labor dispute. But sometimes, it could be the only & best way. Case in point, recently I helped a client resolve a difficult union dispute by convincing them that getting sued by their labor union would work to their advantage. For many reasons, I won’t [...]

Discussion With A Client About Classifying Employees as W2s Versus 1099s (Independent Contractors)

While meeting with a client regarding their company's human capital issues, we discussed their businesses' transition from classifying workers as 1099s to W2s. Due to confidentiality concerns, I won't disclose much about the business, & of course, they gave me permission to post about this conversation. A little more than a year ago, my client reclassified workers [...]

Some Thoughts on Making an Offer to Settle a Case

I thought it might be interesting to post a real settlement offer that I made to the opposing party to settle an actual court case. Since this deals with real parties & litigation issues, I won’t include any information that could disclose the parties’ identities. Nevertheless, despite confidentiality concerns, this post will give some insight [...]

New Client Testimonial – Wilson Rental

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 [...]

2 New Chuck Krugel Video & Audio Interviews

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 [...]

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