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  • Jul 24 2018
  • Kristin Case
  • Blog, Employment Contracts and Agreements
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Arbitration

Arbitration Agreements & Class Action Waivers

Kristin Case July 24, 2018 Blog, Employment Contracts and Agreements 0

The recent arbitration decision could backfire on employers.

The Supreme Court really stuck it to employees in their recent Epic Systems decision.  We’ve written about arbitration provisions in general here and why they can be bad for employees.   As if giving up your right to a jury trial wasn’t bad enough, arbitration agreements also sometimes contain class action waivers.  Employers …

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  • Oct 12 2016
  • Kendra Kutko
  • Blog, Employment Law, Non-Compete Agreements and Restrictive Covenants
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Wrongful Termination

Low-Wage Earners Don’t Need to Fear Non-Competes Anymore!

Kendra Kutko October 12, 2016 Blog, Employment Law, Non-Compete Agreements and Restrictive Covenants 0

Illinois Freedom to Work Act Bans Non-Competes for Low-Wage Earners

Illinois lawmakers are on a roll with expanding employee rights. On the heels of enacting several important laws for employees in the past few months, including the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights Act and the Child Bereavement Leave Act, our State has continued this positive trend, this time with …

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  • Jul 5 2016
  • Kendra Kutko
  • Blog, Practical Tips, Severance Agreements
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Quitting

Thinking of Quitting? You May Want to Think Again

Kendra Kutko July 5, 2016 Blog, Practical Tips, Severance Agreements 0

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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  • Jun 22 2016
  • Kristin Case
  • Blog, Non-Compete Agreements and Restrictive Covenants
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low-wage workers

A Victory for Low-Wage Workers

Kristin Case June 22, 2016 Blog, Non-Compete Agreements and Restrictive Covenants 0

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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  • Jun 8 2016
  • Kristin Case
  • Blog, Employment Contracts and Agreements, Non-Compete Agreements and Restrictive Covenants
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low-wage workers

Non-compete agreements hurt low wage earners

Kristin Case June 8, 2016 Blog, Employment Contracts and Agreements, Non-Compete Agreements and Restrictive Covenants 0

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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  • Apr 25 2016
  • Kristin Case
  • Blog, Executive Counseling, Practical Tips
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low-wage workers

Hidden Dangers in Your Employment Agreement

Kristin Case April 25, 2016 Blog, Executive Counseling, Practical Tips 0

Why you should actually read your employment agreement before you sign!

We recently had an employment agreement related issue arise here at the firm that reminded me how unequal the bargaining power can be in employment relationships. A very large Bank here in Chicago slipped into an equity incentive agreement-a provision which altered the statute of limitations for our …

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  • Nov 25 2015
  • Kate Sedey
  • Practical Tips, Severance Agreements, Vacation, Wrongful Discharge or Termination
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How to Handle a Termination

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

  • Nov 17 2015
  • Kristin Case
  • Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Employee Benefits, Executive Counseling, Practical Tips, Uncategorized
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Illness in the Workplace Part II: Avoiding Financial Disaster

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 …

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  • Mar 18 2015
  • Kate Sedey
  • Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Employment Contracts and Agreements, Unpaid Wages, Earned Bonuses and other Compensation
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wage gap

The Vanishing Earned Bonus: Part II (A Quick Update)

Kate Sedey March 18, 2015 Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Employment Contracts and Agreements, Unpaid Wages, Earned Bonuses and other Compensation 0

The Vanishing Earned Bonus: Part II

Just wanted to post a quick update to our ongoing blog series addressing the ways in which employers and courts have been eating away at earned bonuses by reliance on language providing employers with absolute discretion in awarding incentive compensation.

Yesterday, in McCleary v. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 2015 Ill. App. (1st) 141287-U (Ill. App. 1st Dist. …

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  • Feb 23 2015
  • Kate Sedey
  • Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Employment Contracts and Agreements, Executive Counseling, Unpaid Wages, Earned Bonuses and other Compensation
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wage gap

The Vanishing Earned Bonus: Part II

Kate Sedey February 23, 2015 Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Employment Contracts and Agreements, Executive Counseling, Unpaid Wages, Earned Bonuses and other Compensation 0

A number of years ago, we published a blog setting out several tools employers have used to deny employees what we believe are earned bonuses as well as some ideas about legal principles on which an employee might rely to get those bonuses back.  For that complete blog post, scroll to the bottom of this page.  Now more than five years later, …

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