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. 

Discussion Topics:  

Getting Ready for Employees – Business Organization, FinCEN BOI registration; FEIN; Sales Tax Registration, State employer identification number, IDES reporting, etc. -Initial Hiring and Interview Considerations – Job descriptions; employee manuals; advertisement; required documentation; questions you can and can’t ask; pre-screening (physical fitness, background checks, polygraph, drug tests); use of AI. -Personnel Records and Notices – documentation practices, performance evaluations, records laws, medical records and data privacy, required notices and postings, etc.). -Anti-discrimination, Anti-harassment, and Labor Laws – Unlawful employment practices; Illinois sexual harassment training with specific considerations for bars and restaurants and other recommended or required training; best-practice investigations; hiring outside counsel; discipline; defenses, compliance with the NLRA, etc.