Chicago, Illinois — Monday, October 13, 2014 — Rimon, P.C. is pleased to announce that Partner Thomas M. White has been recognized by Leading Lawyers. He was cited as one of the best benefits attorneys in Illinois. Leading Lawyers is a trusted resource to locate reputable, experienced lawyers. Leading Lawyers surveys lawyers to determine which attorneys, outside…

Rimon Partner Tom White was recently published in the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Employee Benefit Plan Review. He and his co-authors cover the best risk management strategies for employers offering retirement benefits. His co-authors are Corwin Zass, Tim Leier, Richard Farr, and Kelvin Wilson. Corwin Zass is a principal at Actuarial Risk Management, a BDOUSA…

This article was published in Recruiting Trends and can also be viewed here. Are you recruiting interns this summer or in the fall to buttress existing staff? For a long period of time, few businesses put in the effort to analyze and determine whether interns need to be paid. But because of increased litigation and enforcement…

This blog post was prepared by Inna S. Wood and Michael Moradzadeh.  Approximately one month is left for California employers to revise their employment contracts. The bill (SB 459) introduced by Senator Ellen Corbett on February 16, 2011 on employees’ misclassification was signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown on October 9, 2011. It…

On March 24, 2011, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its much anticipated Final Rule implementing the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA.) On March 24, 2011, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its much anticipated Final Rule implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA.)  The Final Rule…

A California appellate court in Holmes v. Petrovich ruled that an employee’s emails sent to her attorney did not constitute “confidential communications between client and lawyer” when sent on a company computer.   A clear and comprehensive computer policy is an essential component of any employee handbook.  Indeed, on January 13, 2011, a California appellate court in Homes…

The NLRB created significant uncertainty regarding the appropriate scope of social media policies when it filed a complaint that alleges a company violated the National Labor Relations Act by terminating an employee for posting negative commernts about her supervisor on the employee’s personal Facebook page. A case that labor law experts predicted would set important precedent regarding employer policies that…

The Supreme Court recently held in City of Ontario v. Quon that in certain circumstances an employer has the right to read text messages sent from and delivered to a pager issued by the employer to one of its employees. While reading employee text messages may generally violate the Fourth Amendment’s guarantee against “unreasonable searches and seizures,”…

In the recently decided case of Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, the Ninth Circuit upheld a 2004 district court’s decision to certify a class that could potentially consist of 1.5 million women employed by Wal-Mart since 1997. Through this gender discrimination class action, the employees seek back pay, declaratory relief, and injunctive relief. The plaintiffs allege that…

The Department of Labor recently published a poster listing employees’; rights under the National Relations Labor Act (NRLA). The notice, which Federal contractors and subcontractors are required to display in a conspicuous location, informs employees that under the NRLA they are guaranteed: the right to organize and bargain collectively with their employers; the right to engage in…