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Illinois Extends Employment Protections to Applicants and Employees With Prior Criminal Convictions By Michael D. Gifford Labor and Employment Law, April 2021 Recent Illinois Human Rights Act amendments create new protections for job applicants with prior criminal convictions.
Illinois Employee Credit Privacy Act By Michael D. Gifford Labor and Employment Law, March 2012 Prior to the Act, which went into effect on January 1, 2011, it was increasingly common for employers to obtain credit reports on prospective employees on the theory that negative credit ratings could predict work place problems.
Specialty healthcare: The NLRB rewrites rules on bargaining units By Michael D. Gifford Labor and Employment Law, December 2011 As a result of the recent decision of Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, unions will be able to organize a minority share of an employer’s workforce although a majority of workers may not favor the union.
The NLRB and social media revisited By Michael D. Gifford Labor and Employment Law, October 2011 The NLRB recently accused several employers, in what has become known as the "Facebook Cases," of violating Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”) by enforcing their social media policies and interfering with employees’ Section 7 right to concerted activity.
Retention of e-mail: Why bother? By Michael D. Gifford Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, February 2009 Does your firm need a policy for managing retention and preservation of e-mail? YES; even the smallest organizations are wise to invest the time and effort to craft such a policy.
Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to address electronic discovery By Michael D. Gifford Labor and Employment Law, July 2006 On April 12, 2006, the United States Supreme Court approved and forwarded to Congress certain revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure addressing preservation and discovery of data in electronic media, sometimes known as e-discovery.
Pitfalls of the new OFCCP Internet applicant regulations By Michael D. Gifford Labor and Employment Law, March 2006 Assume an all-too-plausible scenario: Harold Happyman is HR Manager for AnyTown Bank Corp.
New Illinois workplace legislation By Michael D. Gifford Labor and Employment Law, October 2005 The Illinois General Assembly has imposed several new mandates on employers during this past legislative session.

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