Employee Selection
On Saturday, January 12, 2008, I'll be a presenter at the Ground Floor Entrepreneur Center's FREE 2008 business development seminar. This event is from 1-7pm at the GFEC, 2616 W. North Ave., Chicago. I'll be part of the "Staffing for Success" panel. I'll be focusing on the legal issues established businesses must consider relative to [...]
Tony Ramos, President, Integra Security Alliance, and I wrote the following article. Employee Screening and Risk Assessment Recent headlines of workplace violence, violence by home service personnel, as well as convicted rapists working as private security officers or child care providers, has raised serious questions regarding employee screening programs. What is negligent hiring? Should all [...]
At my 10/6/06 3 hour employment law seminar for the Chicago Business Minority Development Council and Chicago Minority Business Opportunity Center’s Corporate Bridges event, I provided participants with a 14 page handout which summarizes 55 federal, state (Illinois) and local (Chicago and Cook County) labor and employment laws. Additionally, my handout contains information concerning the [...]
