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Join Our Latest Do It NOW! Webinar: Illinois Business’s Top 10 To-Dos for 2025
Employment law compliance in just 15 minutes? Yes, it can be done!
Join us on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 12:00 pm CT
This webinar will be our last “DO IT NOW!” webinar of 2024!  As always, our webinar is SHRM

Stay Ahead of Employment Law Changes: Join Our “DO IT NOW!” Webinar
As we approach the end of 2024, it’s crucial for Illinois employers to stay updated on the most significant employment law changes of the year. To help you navigate these updates, we’re excited to announce our latest “DO IT NOW!” webinar.
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Is your company heading for a “memepocalypse”? With the “Big Debate” now behind us, at least on TV, it’s time for Illinois employers to prepare to manage political tensions at work. 
 In just fifteen minutes we can get you started for free. On September 24, 2024, at 12:00 pm CT, we’re hosting our fifth

July’s DO IT NOW! Webinar Is A Must For Illinois Employers With Freelancers
Before you leave for your summer vacation, be sure your business complies with the new Illinois laws regulating freelancers and is prepared for new risks the law poses to even employers in compliance.  
In just fifteen minutes we can get you started

Your Employment Lawyer Can Help You Strategize In A Changing Climate
This week, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the lead NLRB attorney responsible for the prosecution of unfair labor practice cases, announced that most non-compete agreements likely violate the National Labor Relations Act, absent limited “special circumstances.”  Here’s a quick

1/11/23: Last night, the Illinois Legislature passed the Paid Leave for All
Workers Act. The Act requires almost all private employers to provide
paid leave to employees to use for any purpose.
“This is a significant expansion of the legal obligations facing Illinois employers,” says Gary Savine, Principal, Savine Employment Law, Ltd. “Proper compliance will

On June 10, 2022, Illinois signed and amended the Family Bereavement Leave Act (“FBLA”), formerly known as the Child Bereavement Leave Act.  The act will take effect on January 1, 2023.  With the FBLA, employees can take bereavement leave for the deaths of immediate family members, in addition to children, and the act expands to