This month, Jon Vegosen briefs us on independent contractors vs. employees.
CRACKDOWN: Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors
With mounting deficits and economic challenges facing both the federal and state governments, expect to see a crackdown on companies that misclassify employees as independent contractors. The 2010 budget of the Obama Administration presumes that the effort will result in [...]
This month, Jon Vegosen briefs us on important legal developments concerning sexual harassment via text messaging and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.
“Textual Harassment”
The issue of whether employers may review employee text messages is a hot topic, especially in the context of sexual harassment litigation. Indeed, sexually harassing text messages are now referred to as “textual [...]
Continue reading about Employment Law Updates: December 2009
This continues to be a very active time in terms of legislation especially in the area of employment law. Below is the most recent edition of “Employment Law Updates”. These updates are provided by Jon Vegosen, a founding member of the Chicago law firm of Funkhouser Vegosen Liebman & Dunn Ltd. (“FVLD”). FVLD is a full [...]
There are a number of new laws that effect HR and Employers’ benefits packages. In the next few blogs, we will summarize them.
Mental Health Parity
It is estimated that over 113 million people suffer from mental, behavioral or substance related illnesses and now they will no longer be discriminated against. After 12 years of fighting, on [...]
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