Kendra Kutko April 4, 2016 Blog, Legislative Advocacy, Sick Leave 0
City Task Force Recommends that Chicago Employers Adopt 5 Days of Paid Sick Leave Annually
Last February 2015, 82 percent of Chicago voters supported a non-binding city referendum to adopt paid sick leave for workers. After this, the City formed a task force, called the Working Families Task Force, consisting of 27 members representing business, government, and employee advocacy interests to …
Kendra Kutko February 22, 2016 Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Workplace Defamation, Libel, Slander and Invasion of Privacy 0
On January 29, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced a major proposed regulation change that would increase pay transparency for employers with 100 or more employees and help fight pay inequities based on a person’s protected status.
The EEOC is the government agency responsible for enforcing the federal anti-discrimination laws, including the laws that prohibit discrimination based on …
Kate Sedey February 11, 2016 Internal Complaints, Practical Tips 0
Making a formal internal complaint of inappropriate conduct in the workplace can be a scary proposition. So many employees are worried about whether they will be taken seriously, whether they’ll be perceived as a whiner or overly-sensitive, and – perhaps most scary of all – whether they will be retaliated against or pushed out of the workplace for taking a …
Kendra Kutko February 1, 2016 Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Workplace Discrimination 0
With new generations emerging in the workforce, shifts in corporate thinking have begun to occur that have many talking. One of those shifts is toward the adoption of greater transparency between management and employees. The thinking about transparency has started to change in one particularly controversial area: employee salaries.
Most companies treat compensation information as one of the most strictly protected, …
Kendra Kutko January 12, 2016 Blog, Employee Benefits, Parental Leave 0
Tech Companies Led the Way Expanding Paid Parental Leave Policies in 2015
Other Employers Should Now Follow
The tech industry is famous for setting trends in providing innovative perks and benefits to employees. In the second half of 2015, this pioneering spirit continued for the tech industry as a craze began among highly visible companies to expand their paid parental leave policies.
Although …
Kendra Kutko December 1, 2015 Blog, Gender Discrimination, Hiring Practices, Workplace Discrimination 0
Study Finds that Older Women Face More Discrimination than Older Men
A lot has been written lately about women’s continued struggle for equal pay and opportunities in the workplace. Nothing about those struggles is surprising. However, a recent study shows that as women age in the workforce, things become worse for them. Not only are they experiencing gender discrimination, but age …
Kate Sedey November 25, 2015 Practical Tips, Severance Agreements, Vacation, Wrongful Discharge or Termination 0
Notes for Employees Who Have Been Notified that They’re Being Fired
Kristin Case November 17, 2015 Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Employee Benefits, Executive Counseling, Practical Tips, Uncategorized 0
In my last post I talked about getting the time off work you need for treatment and to care for yourself when faced with a serious illness. Now let’s look at maintaining your income while seeking treatment and/or recovering.
First, this article addresses conditions that are unrelated to work. If your injury or illness resulted at work …
Kendra Kutko November 12, 2015 Blog, Personnel Records, Practical Tips, Workplace Discrimination 4
Negative Performance Reviews: Legitimate Teaching Tools or Cover-Ups for Unlawful Actions or Intentions?
Negative performance reviews can either be legitimate teaching tools or they can be mere documents to support what a manager already plans to do. In the plaintiff’s employment law world, we call the latter, “papering the file.” And, oftentimes, managers unfairly paper an employee’s file when planning to …
Kate Hillegass November 5, 2015 Employee Benefits, Firm News, Vacation 0
Our Associate, Kendra Kutko, was quoted in a great article by TheStreet.com entitled, “Unlimited Vacation Policies Are On The Rise: These Companies Aren’t Counting Your Days Off,”
She shares her expertise on vacation policies in the workplace and the new trend of unlimited vacation policies for employees.
For more from Kendra on unlimited vacation policies for employees, please visit her recent blog post:
Are …