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Articles From Daniel S. Alcorn

Preventing Violence in the Illinois Workplace By Daniel S. Alcorn Labor and Employment Law, October 2019 An overview of an employer's duty to provide a safe workplace in Illinois and practical steps that can be taken to prevent workplace violence.
How to handle the pot-smoking Illinois employee By Daniel S. Alcorn Labor and Employment Law, July 2019 Effective January 1, 2020, the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act will allow Illinois residents over 21 years of age to legally possess certain amounts of marijuana, which means Illinois employers will begin to have workers who lawfully have traces of marijuana in their system.
The Illinois Appellate Court, First District, expands the tort of retaliatory discharge By Daniel S. Alcorn Labor and Employment Law, June 2003 In Pietruszynski v. The McClier Corporation, Architects and Engineers, Inc., the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, held that an employee who is discharged based on his participation as a witness in the workers' compensation proceeding of a co-employee can state a cause of action for retaliatory discharge.
Can your plaintiff-client afford to have the defendant pay her attorney fees? By Daniel S. Alcorn Labor and Employment Law, December 2002 Managing the tax aspects of success has always been a difficult yet important part of representing the plaintiff in employment litigation.
D.C. Circuit upholds NLRB’s extension of Weingarten rights to nonunion workplace By Daniel S. Alcorn Labor and Employment Law, March 2002 Nonunion employers violate the National Labor Relations Act if they refuse an employee's request for the presence of a co-worker during an investigatory interview which the employee reasonably believes will result in disciplinary action.

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