Very few areas of employment law in Illinois are as confusing as the enforceability of non-compete agreements. Unfortunately, use of non-competes have exploded over the last few years as employers have recognized the risks associated with employees leaving and going to work for competitors and have ...
The SCAM Continues
As reported in a previous article, the Annual Report scam being run by a company called Corporate Records Service doesn’t appear to be going away. Once again, in the last few days, added clients have been asking about a form they received in the mail that appears to be the Annual Report form we file ...
The Employee vs Independent Contractor Dilemma
The benefits of contracting with independent contractors instead of hiring employees are many: flexibility, no taxes or benefits owed, no overtime, no employment discrimination risk, no onerous employment requirements that keep increasing, no health insurance requirement, etc. But as one recent ...
Required Annual Report Scam
In the last few days, I have gotten numerous emails and phone calls from clients asking about a form they received in the mail that appears to be the Annual Report form we file for hundreds of our business clients. The mailing is from Corporate Records Service and requests the business recipient to ...