PRE-ORDER This resource offers clear guidance on legal considerations during business transitions, covering labor laws, workforce reductions, employee benefits, due diligence, and related issues including bankruptcy, immigration, and workers’ compensation.
PRE-ORDER
In this handbook, such laws as the National Labor Relations Act and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act are addressed. Due diligence and the terms involved in conducting transactions are also explained. Those businesses that must initiate a reduction in force will find guidance in this book, especially with regards to employee benefits issues and alternatives to involuntary employment terminations. Bankruptcy, workers’ compensation, and immigration issues are also considered. Forms and sample language are included as well.
Chapter 1 — Transactions Due Diligence
Alyana J. Abellar, Blacha Law Office LLC, Naperville
Chapter 2 — Labor, Employment, and Benefits Transaction Terms
Joshua L. Ditelberg and Sarah N. Magill, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago
Chapter 3 — Obligations Under the National Labor Relations Act
Ronald J. Kramer and Harrison C. Kuntz, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago
Chapter 4 — The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
Darren M. Mungerson, Littler Mendelson, P.C., Chicago
Chapter 5 — Reductions In Force
Paul E. Bateman, Littler Mendelson P.C., Chicago
Chapter 6 — Alternatives to Involuntary Employment Terminations
Kenneth R. Dolin, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago
Chapter 7 — Employee Benefits Issues In Reductions In Force
Matthew R. Custardo, Custardo Law, LLC, Wheaton
Chapter 8 — Bankruptcy Considerations
James M. Sullivan, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago
Chapter 9 — Workers’ Compensation
Joseph P. Basile, Chicago
Chapter 10 — Immigration Considerations
James G. Aldrich, Jr., Dykema Gossett PLLC, Bloomfield Hills, MI