Employment Law Update in Illinois

This event qualifies for 1.5 IL CLE, WI CLE, HR CERT., SHRM

Gain valuable information on employment law updates in Illinois.

You will be presented with valuable insight in order to better manage and take control over difficult employment and labor issues impacting your Illinois operations. In addition to substantive law topics such as new Pregnancy Protections, Criminal History Inquiries, Wage and Hour Updates, Unfair Competition Developments, Salary History Gag Trends, Right to Work Developments, Biometric Information Issues, and New Bereavement Leave Law, critically vital procedural trends and government agency priorities will be examined as well.

The presenter will not only identify key legal issues in Illinois but offer practical options in dealing with the plethora of issues surrounding the daily tasks of managing employees. Due to the speaker's active involvement with Illinois legislation, this topic will offer you an intimate guide to more effectively and creatively managing the workplace despite the ever changing substantive and procedural changes in the law.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Jeffrey A. Risch, Esq.

SmithAmundsen LLC

Partner and chair of SmithAmundsen’s Labor & Employment Practice Group - Chicago, Illinois
Practice emphasizes all aspects of management-side labor and employment, in both employment litigation and traditional labor matters
Experience representing employers in federal, state and administrative venues
Named to the 2010 Chicago Law Bulletin’s 40 Under 40; Best Lawyers 2017 – Employment Law; and the Illinois SuperLawyers 2012 to 2017
Chair, Employment Law Council – Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Chapter Labor Counsel – Associated Builders & Contractors of Illinois
Can be contacted at jrisch@salawus.com or (630) 587-7922