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E. Jason Tremblay Arnstein & Lehr Partner E. Jason Tremblay authored the article, “5 ways to protect your company when a key employee departs,” which appeared in the January 23 edition of Inside Counsel. In the article, he stresses the importance for all companies to know what steps to take when an employee decides to [...] Lori Adelson Employers must be mindful of how they use criminal background information in making hiring decisions to avoid liability for failing to hire an applicant. Employers may not simply reject an applicant solely because they have an arrest record and/or “criminal” history. Rather, the employer must consider the impact of a conviction on the [...] E. Jason Tremblay Arnstein & Lehr Partner E. Jason Tremblay authored the article, “7 ways to protect your company when hiring from a competitor,” which appeared in the January 9 edition of Inside Counsel. In the article Mr. Tremblay recommends, when hiring a competitor’s employee, that a company should take certain steps to reduce the [...] E. Jason Tremblay As it appeared in Inside Counsel Orientation programs help to maximize employees’ commitment to the company. To the extent you believe there is any relationship between an employee’s commitment to the company and the company’s performance, a new employee orientation program is an excellent first step in maximizing that correlation and getting the most [...] Chicago Partner E. Jason Tremblay was interviewed and quoted in a December 8 online article in Human Resources Executive titled “When HR Sues.” The article discusses litigation by HR professionals and the problems companies face when HR is involved in litigation. In the article, Mr. Tremblay offers several tips for staying out of court when [...] E. Jason Tremblay Arnstein & Lehr Partner E. Jason Tremblay was interviewed and quoted in a December 8 online article in Human Resources Executive titled “When HR Sues.” The article discusses litigation by HR professionals and the problems companies face when HR is involved in litigation. In the article, Mr. Tremblay offers several tips for [...] A Recent Illinois Supreme Court Decision Should Make It Easier To Enforce Non-Competition AgreementsThadford A. Felton On December 1, 2011, the Illinois Supreme Court issued an opinion in Reliable Fire Equipment Company v. Arnold Arrendondo, et al. that set forth the factors that the Illinois courts should look to in evaluating the reasonableness of non-competition agreements. The Court reaffirmed that a non-competition agreement is reasonable only if the [...] Chicago Partner E. Jason Tremblay has written an article titled “Clery Act Reminder – Why the Penn State Scandal Matters to the Academy” that appeared in the November 22 publication of University Business. It was the top story on the publication’s homepage last week. In the article, Mr. Tremblay discusses the U.S. Department of Education’s [...] E. Jason Tremblay Effective January 1, 2012, the minimum wage in the State of Florida will increase from $7.31 to $7.67 per hour. Minimum wage for tipped employees, such as waiters and waitresses, will increase from $4.29 to $4.65 per hour. This $0.36 per hour increase comes on the coattails of a previous minimum wage [...] E. Jason Tremblay In continuing a trend already underway in the United States regarding the misclassification of employees as independent contractors, California Governor recently approved legislation imposing strict penalties for California employers found willfully to have misclassified workers as independent contractors. The legislation known as the “Job Killer Act” provides for fines of between $5,000 [...] |
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