Labor and Employment Law
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 [...]
On Wednesday, March 20, from 3PM-5PM, I'll be giving a labor & employment law primer for businesses at the City of Chicago's Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection. This is my 11th such presentation for them. It's free to attend. Like my previous presentations, this will be a questions & answer based discussion concerning [...]
Thanks to Dr. Lynne Curry of The Growth Company for quoting me in her 2/25/13 article, The Company’s At Fault…Or Is It? This was also published in the 2/25/13 edition of The Anchorage Daily News as Lynne Curry: Many companies not prepared for workplace violence. The article is also below. Also, following the article is a really complimentary email [...]
For a number of years now, I’ve done pro bono work for The Law Project (TLP). Since 1985, the Law Project has provided free legal services to nonprofits & small businesses. TLP is a project of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. Since the economic collapse of 2008, many nonprofits have been in financial [...]
On Tuesday, 2/19/13, from 4 PM to 5:30 PM, I'll be a part of the following panel presentation at: Hiring & Firing: Saper Law Seminar on February 19th from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM Saper Law often receives inquiries related to employment law issues. For example: This employee is awful. How do I get rid [...]
