By: Shelbie J. Byers, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP Many national employers or employers with operations in more than one state must be mindful of employment law compliance of not only all applicable federal employment laws, but must also comply with all state and local… Read More >
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Illinois Law Effective January 1, 2017 Bars Certain Non-Competes
EEOC Issues Publication On The Rights of Employees With Mental Health Conditions
By: Melanie M. Dunajeski, Drewry Simmons Vornhem, LLP The EEOC issued a new “resource document” Monday, December 12, 2016: “Depression, PTSD, & Other Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace: Your Legal Rights”. This short document seeks to explain to employees the “important protections” they… Read More >
Employment Law Implications of the New Administration
By: Melanie M. Dunajeski, Drewry Simmons Vornhem, LLP There is little argument that the Employment Law landscape under the incoming presidential administration will differ from that of the Obama Administration—the bigger questions are “how” and “when”? Although the change at the federal level is… Read More >
Did You Promise Him a Rose Garden? The Duty of Best Efforts in Contract Law
By: David L. Simmons, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP Contracts frequently contain conditions that specify the level of performance required by the parties. For example, some contracts require a party to exercise “commercially reasonable efforts” in performance of its obligations. Not infrequently, contracts contain a… Read More >
EEOC Launches “Small Business Resource Center”
By: Melanie Dunajeski, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP As an employment attorney, I have long consulted resources on the EEOC run website (www.EEOC.gov), but found that site to be long on resources for employees seeking to file a charge of discrimination while at the same… Read More >
New Rules of Litigation: Indiana Courts Implement E-Filing
By: William E. Kelley, Jr., Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP During my early days as a law clerk, I was tasked with researching property records at county courthouses by reviewing handwritten entries in large, oversized transfer books in the Auditor’s Office, where all real estate… Read More >
Regulating the Workplace During the 2016 Presidential Election
By: Shelbie Byers, Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP Aside from some statutorily protected rights for employees who make reports of workplace harassment or whistleblowing, participate in workplace harassment or whistleblowing, and some applicable rules regarding protected concerted activities, private employees have no “free speech” rights… Read More >