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Pay Transparency Requirements Are Coming to Illinois in 2025

Employers hiring for positions that will be performed in Illinois or report to a supervisor or office/worksite in Illinois will soon need to comply with pay transparency requirements recently signed into law by Gov. J.B....more

Chicago Prohibits Discrimination Based on Choices Relating to Bodily Autonomy and Protects Workers’ Health Care Information

In an expansion of its protections for workers based on their gender identity, and in an effort to protect people’s reproductive and gender-affirming choices and privacy, Chicago recently amended the Chicago Human Rights...more

Windy City Watch-Out: Chicago’s Sexual Harassment Requirements Apply to Employers Outside of Chicago if Even One Employee Works...

Last June, we provided information about the new Chicago sexual harassment training requirements pursuant to the amended Chicago Human Rights Ordinance (Chicago Municipal Code 6-10). At the time, the City indicated that the...more

Reminder For Illinois (And Other) Employers: Restrictions Apply When Using Artificial Intelligence Analysis During The Hiring...

Illinois and other jurisdictions have adopted, or are considering, laws establishing parameters for employer use of AI during the hiring process. The current attention being given to ChatGPT and other technologies using...more

Illinois Joins the Fold and Adopts Paid Leave - What Employers Need to Know

Shortly after beginning his second term, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (“PLAW”), adding Illinois to a still small but growing list of states which require employers to offer paid leave to...more

Harassment Prevention - The Chicago Way: Windy City Employers Face New Sexual Harassment Posting, Policy, Training, and Document...

The Chicago City Council recently amended the Chicago Municipal Code with respect to sexual harassment in the workplace. Failure to comply with these amendments, which take effect on July 1, 2022, could result in daily...more

Walking the Talk: FMLA Leave for Mental Health Issues

In the wake of the COVID pandemic and challenging social justice issues, many employers have pledged increasing support and wellness programs for employees dealing with mental health issues. One way employers can make good on...more

Eligibility vs. Entitlement

A common error in both FMLA policies and communications to employees seeking Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) leave involves misuse of the word “eligibility” (or “eligible”) when in fact the intention is to refer to...more

COVID-19: 6th Circuit Lifts Stay Of OSHA ETS; OSHA Sets New Deadline For Compliance

Development: On Friday, December 17, 2021, a three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the stay that had been placed on the OSHA “Emergency Temporary Standard” (ETS) for larger private employers regarding...more

COVID-19: OSHA “Suspends” ETS Activities; Now What?

As employers eye the December 6, 2021 date for the first stage of compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s “Emergency Temporary Standard” regarding COVID vaccination - including establishing a COVID...more

FMLA - Back to Basics - What is the “12-Month Period”?

Eligible employees of employers covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) are entitled to take up to 12 weeks of FMLA leave during the applicable 12-month period for family and medical reasons, and up to 26 weeks...more

FMLA - Back to Basics - Who is a Covered Family Member?

Employees who are eligible for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) may use their FMLA entitlement for a number of qualifying reasons. One such reason is to provide physical and/or psychological care for a...more

FMLA - Back to Basics - Recertification and New Certification

In addition to obtaining an initial medical certification when an employee first requests leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), employers are permitted to seek a “recertification” and even a “new”...more

FMLA - Back to Basics - Employer Notice Obligations and Deadlines

Many employers are familiar with the employee notice obligations and other deadlines relating to FMLA leave, such as the obligation to give 30 days’ notice of a foreseeable need for leave, and to submit a completed medical...more

FMLA - Back to Basics - Eligibility vs. Entitlement

A common error in both FMLA policies and communications to employees seeking FMLA leave involves misuse of the word “eligibility” (or “eligible”) when in fact the intention is to refer to “entitlement” or vice versa. Using...more

Chicago Amends Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance: What Employers Need to Know

The City of Chicago has amended its Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), providing news reasons for taking paid sick leave under the Ordinance, and adding a new remedy for Chicago employees alleging...more

Employee COVID Vaccination Status: You Asked. They Answered. Now What?

As employers make plans to modify pandemic-related work-from-home arrangements and require employees to come into the workplace, many have wrestled with “the vaccination status question.” Should employers ask employees...more

Illinois Amends Employee Sick Leave Act, Expanding Coverage to Include “Personal Care” for Covered Family Members

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed into law an amendment to the Illinois Employee Sick Leave Act (ESLA), permitting employees to take leave for a covered family member’s “personal care.” ...more

Chicago Employers Must Permit Time Off For COVID-19 Vaccination, Including Paid Time Off For Mandatory Vaccinations

Pursuant to the Chicago Vaccine Anti-Retaliation Ordinance that took effect on April 21, 2021, Chicago workers – including both employees and independent contractors – now have certain protections designed to safeguard access...more

Illinois Employers Must Report Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Compensation Data and Practices

Under amendments to the Illinois Business Corporation Act and the Illinois Equal Pay Act, certain corporations will be required, beginning in 2023 and continuing thereafter, to report data concerning the gender, race, and...more

Illinois Tightens Restrictions on Use Of Criminal Conviction Information

Restrictions on inquiring into, or using, criminal history information are not new to Illinois employers. For years, Illinois employers been precluded from using an applicant’s arrest history when making hiring or other...more

US COVID-19: Under the American Rescue Plan, Providing FFCRA Leave Remains Voluntary

The American Rescue Plan (“ARP”), signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021, does not place any new paid leave requirements on private employers who were previously covered by the Families First Coronavirus...more

US COVID-19: Illinois DOL Issues COVID-19 Vaccine Compensation/Leave Guidance

With an express purpose of encouraging employees (and their family members) to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the Illinois Department of Labor (“IDOL”) recently issued guidance for employers regarding compensation and paid leave...more

US COVID-19: COVID-Related Leave - When Does The FMLA Apply?

COVID-19 has led to significant employee absences from the workplace.  While the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) may well apply to certain such absences, employers must avoid the temptation to count all...more

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