Employment Law
My March 25, 2006, post concerned pending legislation in Illinois: Senate Bill 2446: The Employer Meeting and Communication Act (Act). This Act is sponsored by state Senator Gary Forby, a Democrat from south-central Illinois and Chairperson of the Senate's Labor Committee. In essence, the Act severely restricts an employer's ability to communicate with employees in [...]
On Tuesday, April 25 from 10 A.M.-12 P.M., I'll be presenting a labor and employment law seminar at the University of Illinois Chicago's Center for Urban Business (CUB) and Small Business Development Center (SBDC). The address is 601 S. Morgan Street (Harrison and Morgan Street intersection), conference room #2350 UH (23rd floor of University Hall; [...]
Currently awaiting a 3rd reading, the Employer Meeting and Communication Act (Act), is sponsored by State Senator Gary Forby. Senator Forby is a Democrat from south-central Illinois and Chairperson of the Senate’s Labor Committee. The Act was introduced on January 18, 2006. As it currently reads, the Act prohibits employers, including employer representatives or agents, [...]
For my employment law seminar at Evanston/Northwestern's Small Business Development Center (SBDC), I created a 6 page handout summarizing 44 federal and Illinois labor and employment laws small to medium sized businesses might encounter. The format of the handout is an MS Word table. But, tables don't convert to Blogspot. Consequently, instead of spending hours [...]
On Wednesday, February 22, 2006, from 6-8 P.M., I'll be giving an employment law seminar at Evanston-Northwestern University's Small Business Development Center (SBDC), at the ITEC (Illinois Technology Enterprise Center) Building, 1801 Maple, Evanston. Due to co-sponsorship from the SBDC, the Illinois Technology Enterprise Center-Evanston and The Technology Innovation Center, the seminar is free. Registration [...]
