Employment Issues

Expunging Cannabis Arrests and Convictions

by Douglas Tibble | Nov 9, 2020 | Business Briefs, Employment Issues, The Courts

The June 25, 2019 law legalizing recreational cannabis also provided that certain prior cannabis arrests, case dispositions and convictions are to be expunged, or removed from the public records, as they negatively impact employment, education, credit, housing and...

Election Day Holiday / Time Off

by Douglas Tibble | Oct 19, 2020 | Business, Business Briefs, Employees, Employment Issues

On June 16, 2020, Governor Pritzker made November 3, 2020, election day, an official state holiday, adding it to the state holiday calendar. The same law also eased restrictions on voting by mail. As a result, all state offices and most municipal offices will be...

Confidential Information with Employees at Home

by Douglas Tibble | Oct 5, 2020 | Business, Business Briefs, Business Law, Business Marketing, Employment Issues, Internet, Privacy

The Covid-19 pandemic and the sudden increase of the number of employees working at home puts even more pressure on your business to protect its proprietary, confidential and trade secret information. Some concerns you should address to protect confidential...

Social Media and Your Business

by Douglas Tibble | Jun 14, 2014 | Business, Business Marketing, Employees, Employment Issues, Internet

Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Snapchat and other forms of “social media” not even conceived of yet are transforming the way parties communicate, and the law is slowly catching up to new technology. As a result, your business should continually monitor and consider how...

Spring Cleaning for Your Business

by Douglas Tibble | May 13, 2014 | Business, Employees, Employment Issues, Real Estate

While spring cleaning, like New Year’s resolutions, seems dated, it does provide an opportunity for a business owner to step back and view the forest of his business rather than focusing on the trees. There are numerous legal aspects of your business that should be...

Protection of Business Information

by Douglas Tibble | Apr 13, 2014 | Business, Employees, Employment Issues

While all businesses hope to maintain loyal and honest employees, your relationship can change dramatically when an employee is solicited or hired by a competitor. With much of your business information stored, communicated or accessible remotely by electronic...

Privacy in an Age of Electronic Communication and Social Media

by Douglas Tibble | Nov 13, 2013 | Business, Employees, Employment Issues, Individuals, Privacy, The Courts

Recent case reports show that the law is catching up with our use of electronic communications and social media. These rulings generally favor making all such communications available for use in litigation and limiting user privacy protections, and reveal that user...

Risks and Benefits of Employee Handbooks

by Douglas Tibble | May 13, 2013 | Business, Employees, Employment Issues

Many employers have been counseled by human resource professionals to create and provide employee handbooks. While the use of employee handbooks may provide substantial benefits for employers, they should also provide maximum flexibility for the employer in the...

Protecting Business Assets – Non-disclosure Agreements

by Brooks, Tarulis & Tibble | Feb 1, 2011 | Business Law, Employment Issues

Businesses need to recognize that today’s workforce is mobile and that competitors often seek to increase market share by hiring away employees that possess and will disclose confidential information to their new employer. This is particularly true when the economy...