Labor and Employment Law

Response to Comments from My Prior Post on “Ruse Calling”

My post on "rusing" or "ruse calling" led to a number of interesting and instructive comments.  I thought that it might be worthwhile to respond to them in a single post. First, I think that it's a novel concept to equate employees as being the same as "property," especially in the context of criminally convicting [...]

Chicago’s Republic Windows to Reopen With New Owners Which the Labor Union Helped to Obtain

Interesting items about Republic Windows & Doors based in Chicago’s Goose Island neighborhood.  The buyout was just announced.  The two articles below report the buyout and summarize some of what led to that. My additional comments also summarize the dispute, and discuss today’s announced buyout’s broader implications for labor management relations: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=33130 (Crain’s Chicago/AP article) [...]

2/17/09 Discussion With U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam (R, 6th Dist., IL) Regarding the Employee Free Choice Act

Today, about 25 business people & I attended a roundtable discussion with U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL, 6th District, O’Hare Suburbs; DuPage County) regarding the increasingly controversial Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). It was a fantastic & frank forum.  The animus against this act was palpable in the room; as was Congressman Roskam’s. The general [...]

2 New Chuck Krugel Law Seminars in 2/09

On Tuesday, February 24, 2009, from 2PM-4PM, Joshua Betancourt with UBS Financial Services is sponsoring a business law seminar centered on business asset protection.  This includes protecting intellectual property from competitors & current & former employees, employment agreements including non-competes, non-disclosures, severance, hiring & separation.  Obviously, I'll be speaking about the labor & employment law [...]

My New LinkedIn Group About Labor & Employment Law & Human Resources Practices for Companies

Today, I created a brand new LinkedIn group, Charles Krugel's Labor & Employment Law & Human Resources Practice Group. The concept is simple, a free and open discussion of labor & employment law & human resources issues among businesses, practitioners & professionals.  The usual disclaimer that legal advice & counsel is not offered via the [...]

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