Protecting Employers Since 1985
Over the Author’s lengthy career in practicing Labor and Employment Law (since November, 1972), I have had the privilege to represent a vast number of Employers in National Labor Relations Board matters (representation in Elections and Unfair Labor Practice Charges). Over that period of time, I have seen numerous vacillations with regard to Board Policy,…
Read MoreWhile there may be disagreement as to the current status of the work environment, most intelligent/competent people would agree that unemployment is low and the job market is beginning to tighten. The U.S. unemployment rate is at a sixteen (16) year low – 4.3%. In fact, there are 73 counties in the United States with…
Read MoreIt reached a similar conclusion with respect to her FMLA claim: The highly questionable activities of Harvey Weinstein and others have caused the City Council of the City of Chicago to make significant changes to its laws in an effort to reduce sexual harassment. As a result of a recent survey of numerous hotels in…
Read MoreSince 2012, there has been an ongoing saga created by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) as to whether or not an Employer can require its Employees, as a Condition of Employment, to agree to arbitrate all Legal Claims against the Employer on an individual basis only, thereby waiving Class and Collective Action Procedures. The…
Read MoreThe Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ landmark decision in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana (Case No. 15-1720), which established that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans discrimination on the issue of sexual orientation, may be an indication that the Courts are willing to adopt much more inclusive positions…
Read MoreAs a number of Clients of the Firm would state, over the last ten (10) years, the author has been advising them to get out of/not participate in the Unions’ Multi-Employer Pension Funds. It has long been the opinion of the author that this is a quasi-Ponzi Scheme and was destined for failure from the…
Read MoreIt reached a similar conclusion with respect to her FMLA claim: While the liability of employers in the State of Illinois has been expanded substantially by recent amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act and the recent decision of the US District Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in the Hively v. Ivy Tech…
Read MoreIn the March, 2017 Client Alert, the Author submitted an Article on giving guidance to Employers in the creation of good documentation to substantiate and defend Employment Decisions when those Decisions are called into question. While the presence (or lack thereof) of good documentation can be the success or failure in any Employment Litigation, there…
Read MoreAs everyone is very well aware, the State of Illinois, due to the intransigency of Governor Rauner and Speaker of the House Madigan, has been without a budget for over twenty (20) months. Both Governor Rauner and Speaker of the House Madigan are acting like two (2) little children playing in the sandbox who cannot…
Read MoreOne of the most difficult and time consuming tasks that has confronted me over my lengthy career as a Management Labor Employment Lawyer is the continuing lack of documentation – i.e. evidence – that exists when I am attempting to defend either a Union Grievance, an EEOC Charge, etc. The most important thing that a…
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