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Noncompete Agreements in Illinois

Learn how to protect your company from liability if it hires an employee who is subject to a restrictive covenant.

This topic will provide the information you need to prepare and enforce restrictive covenant agreements with your company’s employees. A thorough review of Illinois’ new noncompete...

How to Legally Handle Employee Terminations and Resignations

Learn how to properly handle resignations and the aftermath once an employee departs your organization.

This topic will cover the ins and outs of handling departing employees – whether voluntarily leaving or being asked to go. Learn the potential liability and impact of performance evaluations,...

Wage and Hour Law: Avoidance of Wage Theft Litigation

Ensure wage and hour compliance and avoid wage theft.

Federal and state wage and hour laws are nuanced and exacting and thus require expertise to avoid wage theft litigation. With the ever-increasing surge in federal and state Department of Labor investigations, as well as lawsuits filed by the private...

Detecting and Avoiding Expenses Fraud

Understand the different types of expense reimbursement fraud and how you can build a strong prevention and detection program.

Many organizations spend their time and energy focused on external fraud. But what about the threat from within? According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners...

Effectively Supporting Employees With Disabilities

Become familiar with the disability mindset, the visibility of a condition and its significant impact, and overall barriers to accessibility.

What are the benefits and challenges unique to supporting your employees with disabilities? Employees with disabilities can lead to complex interpersonal social...

Unique Workers' Compensation Aspects of Independent Contractors and Traveling Employees

Recognize the common factors courts consider in determining whether or not a worker was an employee at the time of an injury.

While the decision of whether or not to pay a workers’ compensation claim is multi-factored, high on the list of elements is whether the injured worker was in the course...

Freedom of Speech in the Workplace: When Employee Conduct Hurts Your Image

Understand the rights of free speech in the workplace and the legality of regulating speech in certain circumstances.

Receive a general overview of the balance imposed by the law on employees’ First Amendment rights to free speech and an employer’s right to regulate speech in the workplace. You...

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Your Training Program

Learn why effective training programs are worth the investment and how to evaluate them to make sure they accelerate a new hire’s performance and engagement.

Managers often wonder what benefits the organization gains from training and worry that money invested is wasted. Training is often the first...

Tips and Tricks for Legally Terminating an Employee

Understand the law, and learn best practices that will protect you from facing legal actions brought by terminated employees.

Many employers face liability when they terminate employees because they have not engaged in best practices from day one. Instead of understanding that all relationships can...

Ergonomics and Repetitive Motion Claim Prevention

Save your company money by establishing an effective ergonomics and injury prevention plan.

OSHA’s efforts to regulate workplaces regarding ergonomic hazards have been complicated, and some state agencies now have more stringent requirements and enforcement powers in this area than their federal...