Hiring
On Wednesday, November 19, I was interviewed live on the Recruiting Animal show on Blog Talk Radio. Host & professional recruiter, the Recruiting Animal (his blog), interviewed me, for about 90 minutes, on the legal issues encountered by in-house & 3rd party recruiting professionals. The interview is archived on his blogtalkradio website.
I received the following from the American Bar Association (ABA) today. Being that I'm a labor and employment attorney, I couldn't pass up this opportunity to help the ABA conduct this survey about my profession's job market, especially in consideration of this extremely tight and disheartening job market and economy. The ABA Journal is surveying [...]
A client recently asked me about a new State of Illinois law the Employee Classification Act (if the link is expired, then check Google), public act 095-0026, which became effective January 1, 2008. I thought that a brief post might be useful considering that there might be some confusion regarding this Act. Additionally, I've noticed [...]
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 [...]
