The Legal Drawbacks of Quitting

To an employee in a bad work environment, quitting seems like an appealing option. Maybe a new boss has joined the company and is stifling your opportunity to advance, holding you to unrealistic expectations, subjecting you to unjustified performance scrutiny, or some combination of any or all of the above.  Maybe a coworker or supervisor is …

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#amcawareness

Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, also called arthrogryposis or AMC, is a congenital condition in which joints may be curved, stiff, and contracted throughout the body.  It can significantly limit range of motion and mobility and can result in serious respiratory issues where the spine is implicated leading to underdeveloped lungs and abdominal muscles.

Today the Case Law Firm is wearing blue as …

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An Employee’s Guide to Chicago’s New Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

We are thrilled to report that Chicago has joined the growing ranks of local governments ensuring paid sick leave for local employees!  This is a huge victory for single parents and low wage workers who, prior to this ordinance, were regularly faced with the awful risk of losing pay or, worse …

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Jimmy Johns says it won’t require low-wage workers to sign non-competes.

In follow up to my post from a couple of weeks ago, the Chicago Sun Times is reporting that Jimmy John’s has agreed to stop forcing their low-wage workers to enter into non-compete agreements.  Jimmy John’s required all sandwich makers and freaky-fast delivery drivers to agree not to work for another nearby …

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Employers take advantage of vulnerable employees by forcing them to sign unnecessary non-compete agreements

Time Magazine recently ran an article that discussed how non-compete agreements particularly hurt lower-wage earners.

Remember the 2014 controversy surrounding Jimmy John’s forcing their sandwich makers to sign non-compete agreements?  That ignited a discussion about the unequal balance of power between employees and employers and particularly …

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Best Practices for Gathering Evidence in Support of Employment Claims

Legal considerations before job hopping becomes a habit

These days job hopping amongst employees is commonplace. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average employee stays in a particular job for only 4.4 years.  Employees born between the years of 1977 and 1997 will have up to 15 to 20 jobs in their lifetime.  The trends become even more pronounced …

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Doubling the overtime income threshold will make hundreds of thousands of new employees entitled to overtime pay.

Vice President, Joe Biden, says the “middle class is getting clobbered” and predicts the Department of Labor’s revised overtime regulations (which are expected to be signed today) should go a long way to fixing that.

Amending the Department of Labor’s overtime regulations has been on President Obama’s …

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Today marks The Case Law Firm’s 10th anniversary!  We’ve come a long way from one lawyer in a shared office space to a three attorney firm in our own suite overlooking the Chicago river with a full time support staff.  We are so grateful to the wonderful and, often, brave clients who have allowed us to work with them and …

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A Mother’s Day Shout Out in Celebration of the Parent Friendly Workplace!

There is a whole lot to say about the shortcomings of American workplace policies and laws as they apply to working parents and, particularly, working mothers.  And from time to time, we join the chorus in calling out those problems.  But today, with Mother’s Day around the corner, we at CLF …

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