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  • Apr 13 2020
  • Kristin Case
  • Blog, Coronavirus, Uncategorized, Unemployment
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Unemployment benefits

Coronavirus and Unemployment Benefits

Kristin Case April 13, 2020 Blog, Coronavirus, Uncategorized, Unemployment 0

An unprecedented number of employees have found themselves needing unemployment benefits during this time of crisis.  Many employees we have talked with have been temporarily laid off or “furloughed” but expect to return to work.  Others, still, have lost their jobs entirely.  The Illinois Department of Employment Security has published a list of Frequently Asked Questions that is helpful in …

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  • Apr 9 2020
  • Kate Sedey
  • Blog, Coronavirus, Uncategorized
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Coronavirus FAQs from Healthcare Workers

Kate Sedey April 9, 2020 Blog, Coronavirus, Uncategorized 0

In follow up to our Coronavirus Q&A for Employees from earlier this week, we wanted to tackle some FAQs from healthcare workers that are specific to the medical industry.

Doctors, nurses, techs and other healthcare workers are on the front line of the COVID-19 crisis and the medical industry is the quintessential “essential business” right now.  As a result, there are …

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  • Apr 6 2020
  • Kate Sedey
  • Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Sick Leave, Uncategorized, Workplace Happiness
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Businesses Step Up: Companies Doing Good During COVID

Kate Sedey April 6, 2020 Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Sick Leave, Uncategorized, Workplace Happiness 0

In these tough times, most of what we are seeing in our newspapers and news feeds is negative and dark.  I won’t repeat the staggering numbers and scary predictions here because we’ve all seen them.  Instead, I wanted to take this opportunity to share some uplifting news and to report on the remarkable steps some members of the business community …

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  • Mar 31 2020
  • Becca Nesslar
  • Blog, Practical Tips, Uncategorized
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Helping Ourselves and Helping Others: COVID-19 Update

Becca Nesslar March 31, 2020 Blog, Practical Tips, Uncategorized 0

We’re in the midst of an unprecedented crisis in the world and an unexpected interruption in our lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a time of uncertainty, anxiety, worry and stress as we navigate social distancing, working remotely, homeschooling and being forced to stay in our homes. And many people are facing the added stress of losing their …

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  • Aug 22 2019
  • Becca Nesslar
  • Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation
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Recognizing Black Women’s Equal Pay Day

Becca Nesslar August 22, 2019 Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation 0

Today, August 22, 2019 marks Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Why does such a day exist? It’s not just another day on the calendar to be lost among the litany of National Siblings Day, National Ice Cream Day or the like.  Black Women’s Equal Pay Day represents the number of days in 2019 that black women in America have had …

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  • Jul 25 2019
  • Kate Sedey
  • Blog, Employee Rights, Employment Law
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Chicago’s New Fair Workweek Ordinance: Here’s What You Need to Know

Kate Sedey July 25, 2019 Blog, Employee Rights, Employment Law 0

After two long years of planning, advocacy, and negotiations, Chicago City Council has passed the Fair Workweek Ordinance.  The Ordinance protects employees from last minute shift changes and gives low wage earners some predictability in their schedules and, as a result, some degree of financial stability.  This is a huge win for Chicago’s employees and we are excited to see …

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  • Jul 10 2019
  • Kate Sedey
  • Blog, Firm Victories, Pregnancy Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate, Uncategorized
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Case Law Firm Wins Big in Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

Kate Sedey July 10, 2019 Blog, Firm Victories, Pregnancy Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate, Uncategorized 0

We are excited to report that on July 6, 2019, Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer entered a judgment in favor of Case Law Firm client, Jessica Hernandez, and awarded her nearly $230,000 in damages stemming from her pregnancy discrimination claims against her former employer, the Katz Law Office.

To read more about the case and the Court’s decision to enter a judgment in …

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  • May 6 2019
  • Kristin Case
  • Blog, Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence
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The Reality of Workplace Violence

Kristin Case May 6, 2019 Blog, Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence 0

Employees can be the first line of defense against workplace violence but only if they know what to look for and what to do about it.

On February 15 an employee at an Aurora, Illinois manufacturing plant walked into work believing he was going to be fired that day.  Those of us in the Chicagoland area know what happened after that–he …

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  • Apr 12 2019
  • Kristin Case
  • Blog
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Does Artificial Intelligence Discriminate at Work?

Kristin Case April 12, 2019 Blog 0

Early indicators say yes.

Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of serving as a moderator at the American Bar Association’s 2019 National Symposium of Technology in Labor and Employment Law.  I moderated a panel of three brilliant lawyers talking about Artificial Intelligence in the workplace.  And, as those of us in attendance learned, it’s a brave new world out there.

A picture …

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  • Aug 13 2018
  • Kristin Case
  • Blog
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Lessons from the White House: Workplace Recordings are a Bad Idea

Kristin Case August 13, 2018 Blog 0

Perhaps you saw the news this weekend that on the eve of launching her new book, Omarosa Manigault Newman (former White House political aide and reality-TV alum) has produced what she contends is a secret workplace recording of White House Chief of Staff, John Kelly, firing her.  Just this morning Omarosa released another tape which appears to be President Trump …

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