Overview
When employers need assistance with workplace compliance, Sara is their first call. She concentrates her practice on day-to-day employment and labor counseling, immigration workplace enforcement, wage and hour issues and workplace discrimination issues for her clients.
She routinely works with clients on needs relating to I-9 audits, I-9 and E-Verify compliance, workplace enforcement counseling, defense of governmental immigration related audits and defense of discrimination claims relating to immigration status.
Sara also focuses her practice on governmental wage and hour audits, wage and hour single plaintiff claims and class action claims nationwide. She effectively and efficiently assists clients in analyzing potential damages and defenses in wage and hour matters along with swift resolution of such claims. Sara has participated in negotiations with the proponents regarding work authorization issues to help shape Illinois legislation with an eye on protecting employers to the extent greatest possible.
Experience
Membership & Involvement
- Member: American Immigration Lawyers Association; Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM); Illinois State Bar Association
Honors
- Selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" list: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Resources & Insights
In the Media
Alerts
Speaking Engagements
Published Works
Blog
Contributing Author, SmithAmundsen's The Labor & Employment Law Update, a labor and employment advisory blog.
Contributing Author, Illinois Chamber of Commerce's Chamber Dispatch, an HR advisory blog.
Blog Posts
Education on Demand
Last year Illinois enacted amendments to its own Equal Pay Act, which requires unprecedented reporting of race, gender, and ethnicity statistics along with pay data of Illinois based employees.
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While employers continue to review their COVID-19 protocols under various government vaccine mandates (including OSHA’s ETS) as well as their own policies and practices and customer requirements, testing continues to be a confusing topic for many.
Firm News
- OSHA’S COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate is Back on!
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- New Form I-9: How to Comply and New Options for Remote Employees
New Form I-9: How to Comply and New Options for Remote EmployeesJoin Sara Zorich for this 90-minute webcast as she discusses what employers should be aware of related to the Form I-9 and E-verify compliance.
- Get Ready For It: Illinois Paid Leave Law Requirements for Employers
Get Ready For It: Illinois Paid Leave Law Requirements for EmployersJoin Sara Zorich and Beverly Alfon to learn about the Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act, coming in 2024!
Services
- Labor, Employment, Benefits & Immigration
- Immigration & Global Mobility
- Class Action
- Wage & Hour
- Affirmative Action
- Cannabis in the Workplace
- COVID-19 Resource Center & Task Force
- Employment Advice & Counsel
- Employment Litigation
- Equal Pay Compliance
- Government Regulation, Audit & Compliance
- Mandatory Training
- Prevailing Wage
- Staffing Agency, Independent Contractor & Contingent Workforce
- Unfair Competition Counseling & Litigation
- Vaccine Mandates in the Workplace
- Workplace Investigations
Education
IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 2006
Michigan State University, B.A., 2000
Admissions
- Illinois
- Pennsylvania