On March 12, 2024 New York joined other states that protect employees’ and applicants’ privacy on social media when its own protections went into effect. These protections should be familiar to Midwest employers as they...
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The New Year Brings Paid Time For (Almost) All Employees in Illinois
January 19, 2024
With the new year comes new challenges for Illinois employers, particularly those doing business in Cook County or the City of Chicago, where lawmakers enacted a new State law and two separate ordinances allowing workers in...
Independent Contractors vs. Employees – What Do You Have?
January 19, 2021
The lines between independent contractors and employees are sometimes blurred and knowing the difference could mean avoiding penalties for misclassifications. For example, classifying someone as an independent contractor when...