ANSWER: A DEMOTION AND REDUCTION IN PAY CAN BE A “REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION” UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT!
A deputy needs her shooting hand!
Brigid Ford was a deputy in the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. She started as
ANSWER: FACEBOOK USES FACIAL-RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY TO MATCH FACES, BUT IT MAY NOT BE LEGAL UNDER ILLINOIS STATUTE.
Expensive privacy violation on social media?
Some citizens of Illinois brought a class-action lawsuit against Facebook claiming somewhere around $35 billion
QUESTION: CAN I MAKE OUR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS ELECTRONIC?
ANSWER: YES, BUT YOU NEED TO PROVE THAT THE EMPLOYEE ACTUALLY AGREED TO THE ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION.
Can I sandwich an arbitration agreement in an
QUESTION: WHY ARE COMPANIES STILL STRUGGLING WITH ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS 20 YEARS AFTER THE LAWS SAID THEY ARE VALID?
ANSWER: PEOPLE HAVE DIFFICULTY UNLEARNING THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF RELIANCE ON HAND-WRITTEN SIGNATURES.
The laws of electronic signatures and e-transactions.
C’MON! IT’S ONLY A COMMA!!!???
A MISSING COMMA COST ONE COMPANY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS!
Oakhurst Dairy had to pay its delivery drivers five million dollars to settle a wage and hour dispute about overtime pay all because of a
QUESTION: I THOUGHT THAT ONLY THE COMPANY COULD BE PENALIZED FOR FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT VIOLATIONS?
ANSWER: WHEN A TEXAS ROPE COMPANY GOT TIED UP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, THE OWNER, PLANT MANAGER AND OFFICE MANAGER
QUESTION: WE WORRY ABOUT GETTING SUED FOR FIRING PEOPLE, BUT NOW ARE WE BEING SUED FOR NOT FIRING SOMEONE?
ANSWER: NEGLIGENT HIRING, RETENTION AND SUPERVISION OF EMPLOYEES CAN COST YOUR COMPANY MONEY!
Employers are conditioned by discrimination lawsuits
