Events
2016 04/21/16: Financial and Legal Professionals Roundtable
"Curiosity Doesn't Have to Kill the Cat: Navigating the Thicket of Laws Regulating Employee Hiring"
Join us this month as Ina Silvergleid of A Bridge Forward LLC discusses and navigates us through the laws surrounding employee hiring. Now that most job offers are contingent on "passing" a background check, state laws regulating employer reliance on criminal and credit background checks have become commonplace. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission now sues employers it believes refuse to hire anyone with a criminal record. Claims against employers and consumer reporting agencies under the Fair Credit Reporting Act have exploded and keeping on top of this rapidly changing legal landscape is crucial to avoid being sued. This is an important discussion that likely affects many of your clients and customers.
Ms. Silvergleid is a 1990 graduate of IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. After clerking for a federal court judge in Kansas City, Ms. Silvergleid returned to Chicago, where she worked as an employment attorney in both the public and private sector for more than 15 years. In 2009, Ms. Silvergleid began volunteering at an expungement help desk at the Skokie courthouse. Troubled by the obstacles people with a criminal background face when seeking employment or a professional license, Ms. Silvergleid launched A Bridge Forward LLC in 2012. Using her unique background (employment, criminal and criminal records relief law), Ms. Silvergleid tailors her legal strategy to best advance her client’s job and career objectives.
The Financial and Legal Professionals Roundtable is open to all licensed professionals in the financial, insurance, banking, accounting, and legal industries. Each meeting colleagues will discuss and share information of importance to their specific field and lead a discussion on the issues within that segment of the industry as they relate to the broader profession and their clients.
If you would like to have the opportunity to lead us in a discussion or learn from industry experts about issues that will affect you and your clients while networking among leaders in the financial and legal industries, join us at the Skokie Chamber of Commerce & Industry Financial and Legal Professionals Roundtable.
Date and Time
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM CDT
Thursday, April 21, 2016
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Location
4701 Oakton Street, 2nd Floor Meeting Room
Skokie, IL 60076 Oakton Park Community Center
Fees/Admission
This event is FREE to attend. Please RSVP.
Contact Information
Skokie Chamber of Commerce (847) 673-0240
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