From Self-Employed to Employer: A legal primer from hiring to firing and everything in between - 2 Part Hybrid Training Events

Event description

Part 2
The Illinois Small Business Development Center in the Turner Center for Entrepreneurship at Bradley University is
collaborating with Miller, Hall, and Triggs, LLC (MHT) to discuss the challenges for small, self-employed business owners
looking to hire, maintain and fire employees during this 2-part, hybrid training series. No cost to attend but registration
is required.
MHT has a broad range of legal services and is well known for their no-nonsense, straightforward labor and employment
advice, along with other services offered to local businesses and employers.
Who should attend:
 Sole-proprietors who are considering hiring their first employees.
 Small businesses looking to expand.
 All businesses, especially those with questions about: hiring and interviewing; personnel records; employee
benefits; personnel policies; COVID-19 concerns; employee discipline; terminations and layoffs; unemployment;
special employment laws – such as: anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, and labor laws.
 Businesses bargaining with a union or with employees seeking to organize.
Advantages to attendees:
 Attendees will be given an overview of the legal considerations and concerns new and current employers must
address while hiring new employees to terminating problem employees and everything in between.
 Attendees will receive information and forms they can use to better learn and comply with applicable laws.
 Attendees will have the opportunity to ask and have their questions answered by our employment law gurus.

Discussion Topics:
 Wage and Hour Laws – Minimum Wage and Equal Pay; Salary v. Hourly (FLSA exempt status and overtime
requirements); paid time v. unpaid time (travel, waiting, getting into uniform, etc.); withholding from pay, Illinois
Wage Payment and Collection Act, Tips as compensation, etc.?
 Employee Benefits – Insurance and the Affordable Care Act; Illinois Secure Choice; Paid Leave for All Workers
Act, vacation and holidays; Illinois Military Leave Act; FMLA; Illinois Family Bereavement Leave Act; VESSA;
School Leave; Jury Duty; etc.
 Independent Contractor vs. Employee – independent contractors and work-for-hire agreements; other employee
considerations, such as minimum employee age, curfews, hours per week, etc.
 Employment Agreements and Manuals – At-will and contractual employment; policies and manuals, use of
company property; non-compete, non-solicitation and confidential/non-disclosure provisions, etc.
 Ending Employment – risk considerations; retirement; termination; severance, layoffs, RIFs, etc.
Speakers:
Joshua Herman is a partner at Miller Hall & Triggs and he enjoys advising local businesses and employers regarding all
aspects of employment, from interviewing employees, preparing personnel policies, navigating potential claims for liability,
investigating employee misconduct, and even assisting employers having to terminate an employee when the situation
calls for it. He regularly assists clients in avoiding potential lawsuits while they navigate the many state and federal laws
applicable to Illinois employers.
Joshua has practiced law since 2008, concentrating in employment and labor law, commercial law, municipal and school
law, and related litigation. Joshua received his Bachelor’s degree in 2003 from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. After
his deployment to Iraq as an Army Reservist, Joshua attended the Chicago-Kent and the University of Illinois Colleges of
Law.
While at the University of Illinois, Joshua received the Best Trial Advocate and Best Oral Advocate awards in addition to
being on the Green National Moot Court Team. In 2008 he obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois College
of Law, graduating summa cum laude and receiving the Rickert Awards for Excellence in Advocacy and Excellence in
Academics.
Katherine Swise has practiced law since 2010, concentrating in general litigation, including representing employers in
litigation of employment matters, as well as municipal and school law and general litigation.

Katherine received her Bachelor’s degree in 2001 from Knox College. She later attended the University of Illinois College
of Law, graduating summa cum laude in 2010. While at Illinois, Katherine was a member of the University of Illinois Law
Review and the Order of the Coif.
Katherine is admitted to practice law in Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and is a member of the Peoria County, Tazewell County, and Illinois State Bar
Associations and the Illinois Council of School Attorneys.