Labor and Employment Law
The City of Chicago's Department of Business Affairs & Licensing has asked me to do another employment law seminar (my 3rd). This free seminar will be on Wednesday, August 15, 2007, from 3pm-4:30pm at City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St., Room 805. Like my prior seminars, this will be largely Q&A and round-table discussion. Additionally, [...]
Criminal Background Check left the following comment on my February 11, 2007, post "Employee Screening and Risk Assessment": The latest thing is what people have done/posted on online. Employers are now starting to scour perspective employees Social Networking sites such as Facebook, and MySpace to see what they are up to in their own time. [...]
In response to my July 6, 2007, post concerning a prospective client’ s questions regarding employee severance and separation agreements, Pennsylvania employment attorney Michael Moore posted the following comment: Your comment about “precedent” is right on point for a number of reasons. First, even if your separation agreement includes a confidentiality clause, the information always [...]
A prospective client asked me about separation and severance agreements. More specifically, the company asked about terminating a long time employee (who’s also over 40 years old), and if they should offer this individual a severance and/or have them sign a separation agreement. Generally speaking, whenever I’m asked about employment agreements (e.g., severance, separation, hiring, [...]
Thanks, Charles. This is really great. I have some follow-up questions on a few of the topics you raised. If you could address some of these questions in your post as well, that would be fantastic. Websites What is your opinion about the usefulness of blogging for gaining business? Several articles I’ve read suggest this [...]
