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Clinton Perkins and his son-in-law Christopher Reindl have been charged with hiring dozens of undocumented workers for temporary warehouse jobs, the Chicago Tribune reported. The two are the president and office manager, respectively, of a pair of Bensenville-based temporary staffing companies.

In an apparent attempt to stay beneath the radar, authorities say the men paid the undocumented workers in cash and failed to deduct taxes. They also withdrew cash for wages in amounts of $9,800, which authorities said was an attempt to skirt a law that requires banks to report withdrawals in excess of $10,000.

Lawyers Robert Stephenson and Anthony Masciopinto, representing the defendants, declined to comment to the Associated Press in a related article appearing at the ABC News web site.

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Federal Tax Credits For More Hiring Of Jobless Workers

By Steven Tanner on April 27, 2010 8:53 AM

An article published by the Chicago Tribune looks at how the recently enacted Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (HIRE Act), which provides tax credits to employers who create jobs, is playing out in the Chicago area. While differing opinions about what actually creates jobs are expressed, the article offers some encouragement. The federal tax credits for employers are in place in order to encourage more job creation, which is intended to be a good thing.

The HIRE Act waives the 6.2 percent Social Security tax on wages paid to new hires who have been unemployed or underemployed (fewer than 40 hours per week) for at least two months, among some other incentives for mostly small businesses.

That means unemployed job applicants may actually have the upper hand when competing for the limited pool of job opportunities.

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High Court To Hear Case Of Fired Illinois Army Reservist

By Steven Tanner on April 26, 2010 8:55 AM

The Associated Press reported that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of Peoria lab technician and U.S. Army Reservist Vincent Staub, who claims he was fired as a result of his supervisor's anti-military bias. Oral arguments for the case, Staub v. Proctor Hospital, are scheduled for the fall.

Vincent Staub was terminated from his job in 2004 after 15 years as a lab technician at Proctor Hospital. He was called up for active duty in the Iraq War in 2003, primarily to help other soldiers set up radiology units in a field hospital.

He sued his employer and a jury found that his immediate supervisor fired him out of "her negative opinion of Staub's military service." His lawsuit was filed under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), which protects National Guardsmen and Reservists from biased treatment connected to their military serv

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