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Governor Asks IL Businesses to Push for Pension and Medicaid Changes
From WUIS: Governor Pat Quinn is urging business owners to support his plans for overhauling state employee pensions and Medicaid. He spoke to a gathering of Illinois manufacturers and retailers in Springfield…Mark Denzler is vice president of the Illinois Manufacturer’s Association. “Well Illinois businesses want to operate in state that’s not bankrupt, that’s not on the edge of a fiscal abyss. So it’s important that the state of Illinois, the Governor and General Assembly address pensions and Medicaid which are spiraling out of control, so we applaud the Governor’s message for fiscal restraint, for reforming pensions and Medicaid, and we think it’s a movement in the right direction.” It’s unclear if lawmakers will keep going in that direction, however. TO READ MORE …
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IMA’s Breakfast Briefing:
Employee Discipline & Discharge Without Fear

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Ditka’s Restaurant
Two MidAmerica Plaza, OakBrook Terrace
8:00AM - 11:00AM

Join your peers and John Klages with Quarles & Brady for this interactive “How To” Primer. Topics covered will include: Employee Rights, Employee Duties, Strategies for Disciplining Employees, Considerations when Investigating Inappropriate Conduct and Performance-Related Cases and Guidelines to Avoid the Appearance of Unfair Treatment.

Cost:
$65 IMA Members
$85 Non-IMA members

Agenda
8:00 - 8:30 - Networking Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 10:45 - Discussion topics
10:45 - 11:00 - Q & A

Additional Discussion Topics

  • The importance of knowing what “rights” employees have before discipline.
  • Remaining cognizant of performance, loyalty, conduct 
  • The purpose of discipline 
  • Documenting discipline and performance
  • Why E mail can be dangerous!
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John Klages is a partner in the Chicago office of Quarles & Brady, LLP. and is currently the head of the office’s Labor and Employment Group. John has more than 20 years of experience in the area of labor and employment law, with an emphasis on proactive management and litigation of employee relations issues before state and federal courts and agencies. He also represents employers in all types of labor matters involving union-related issues. John has overseen all employment and labor matters on a daily basis for numerous Fortune 500 companies employing thousands of employees.

 

Sepideh Esmaili Smith practices in the Firm’s Labor & Employment Group. She has experience in employment-related litigation, advice, counseling, and management of employment discrimination and harassment charges in federal and state courts and government agencies. Her recent experience includes representation of Fortune 500 and other smaller to mid-sized employers in federal and state court; Representation of a Fortune 500 company as well as smaller and midsized employers in discrimination matters before local, state, and federal agencies; and Assisting in the representation of large unionized company in labor arbitrations and disputes. 

 

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