When you subscribe to your Employment Law Letter, you get a newsletter specifically designed for employers and HR professionals in your state. It's written by attorneys in your state who know the unique challenges and laws you must deal with every day.

Your subscription also includes a powerful package of HR and legal resources listed below at no additional cost.

• Online Archive: You can search for articles on any topic from your state, nearby states, or all 50 states.
• Policies: Our Sample Policy & Procedure Manual, including dozens of sample policies and explanations.
• Forms: Government forms and sample forms you can use in your HR practice.
• Your state's statutes and regulations on employment law.
• Federal statutes and regulations on employment and labor law.
• Survey results from our HRhero.com Surveys of HR professionals nationwide.
• Reports: Access to in-depth Mastering HR Reports.
• Employers Forum: the vibrant online community that answers your toughest questions. Exclusively for HR professionals and their counsel.

Steven L. Brenneman is a partner with Ford & Harrison LLP in Chicago, Illinois. He has over 20 years of experience representing clients in a wide variety of employment and labor law matters and regularly practices in the trial and appellate levels of federal and state courts, as well as administrative agencies. He has litigated the full range of employment and labor law disputes including cases involving allegations of age, race, national origin, disability, and sex discrimination, sexual and racial harassment, retaliatory discharge, fraud, defamation, negligent supervision and retention, breach of contract, as well as claims involving FLSA, Equal Pay Act, FMLA, ERISA, the WARN Act, employee handbooks, misappropriation of trade secrets, and noncompetition agreements. In addition, Steve has represented employers in labor arbitrations and labor injunction litigation. Steve also advises and provides preventive counseling to clients on a wide range of issues affecting the employment relationship, including the gamut of EEO issues, wage and hour issues, FMLA, veterans' reemployment rights, affirmative action obligations, employee handbooks and personnel policies, reductions in force, and strategies for employee discipline and termination.

Brian Kurtz is of counsel with Ford & Harrison LLP in Chicago, Illinois. He focuses his practice on traditional labor law and employment litigation. He successfully guides clients through collective bargaining negotiations, unfair labor practice cases before the National Labor Relations Board, union organizing campaigns, strikes and picketing, and arbitration hearings. He represents companies in restrictive covenant and trade secret litigation and drafts agreements containing noncompete, nonsolicitation, and confidentiality protections. Brian also defends employers in discrimination cases before the Equal Opportunity Commission, the Illinois Department of Human Rights, the Cook County Commission on Civil Rights, and in state and federal court.

Suheily Natal focuses her practice on representing management in labor and employment law matters. In her practice, Suheily handles matters involving allegations of sexual harassment, disability discrimination, FMLA violations, race and national origin discrimination, wrongful discharge, and violation of wage and hour and wage payment laws. She also drafts and reviews employment policies, employment contracts and employee handbooks. Prior to joining Ford & Harrison, Suheily worked as an associate in the employment litigation group of a Chicago area law firm. During law school, she received the CALI Award for Academic Excellence for Pre-Trial Drafting and Civil Litigation. Suheily is fluent in spoken Spanish. She also serves on the Auxiliary Board of the Community Mental Health Council.

Each month, the Illinois Employment Law Letter three-part subscription package delivers the practical, hands-on advice you need to manage your Illinois workforce safely and in compliance with Illinois and federal laws. That's because the newsletter's editors are Illinois attorneys who defend and counsel employers statewide.

Each issue also keeps you on top of U.S. Supreme Court and Illinois court decisions that affect your workforce, all reported with Illinois's local laws and policies in mind. You get all the information you need to stay in business — and out of the courtroom.

Your complete subscription package includes:

1. Illinois Employment Law Letter — 12 monthly issues mailed to you and also available online. Also includes periodic NewsAlerts by e-mail as needed.
   
2. Access to HRhero.com Subscribers-Only Area — You'll find a wealth of helpful information, available to subscribers only, at no additional cost:
   
   • Employment Law Letter articles from all 50 states plus D.C.;
   • Sample policies;
   • Your state's statutes and regulations affecting employers;
   • Federal statutes and regulations on employment and labor law;
   • Results from Surveys of HR professionals;
   • HR Executive Special Reports — more than 20 of our in-depth reports;
   • Hot Topics;
   • Employers Forum online commuity for HR professionals and counsel.
   
3. Mastering HR Reports — 60-page reports covering topics that are too complex to be fully covered in your monthly newsletter. You'll periodically receive a new Mastering HR Report via e-mail, and more than 20 are available online.
    

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