IL: How to Keep Your HR Practices Mess Free in 2023

Topics to be discussed: 

Employee Handbooks: 
What has to be in them, how often do they really need to be updated, and when do they do more harm than good? 

Record Keeping Requirements for Employment-Related Documents:
What do you really need to keep and for how long, what are the recent legal updates on regulation-based requirements, and what are the types of documents that outside counsel is always hoping the client has kept when we get brought in to help defend an agency charge or lawsuit?

Leaves of Absence:
How do FMLA, ADA, and state-law-protected leaves interact with your organization’s own policies about time off, and what do you need to do to prepare for the new Illinois Paid Leave For All Workers Act?

Best Practices for Terminations:
Terminating someone’s employment is never easy. Whether it is a layoff, firing or something else, we will discuss what we recommend as best practices that make it as worry-free and painless as possible.