New legislation in Illinois introduces several changes, effective January 1, 2025, that will affect businesses with Illinois employees....more
12/4/2024
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Human Rights ,
Illinois ,
Job Ads ,
Labor Reform ,
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The Background: The Inflation Reduction Act provides for robust tax incentives on qualifying renewable-energy construction projects. In order to claim the full amount of such tax credits on qualifying projects,...more
10/11/2023
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Clean Energy ,
Comment Period ,
Construction Workers ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
IRS ,
NLRA ,
Popular ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Energy Incentives ,
Tax Credits ,
Wage and Hour
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The Situation: The CHIPS Act provides over $50 billion in the form of grants, loans, loan guarantees, and other programs to incentivize semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. The U.S. Department of...more
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The Situation: Faced with a tight labor market, U.S. employers in the food industry are increasingly relying upon temporary labor to meet their staffing needs. ...more
The Situation: Recent amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act ("IHRA") restrict Illinois employers from relying upon conviction records to make adverse employment decisions unless they comply with new substantive and...more
The Situation: Recent amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 and Illinois Business Corporation Act of 1983 create significant new reporting and certification requirements for Illinois employers, along with new...more
Employers navigating the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic cannot ignore the threat of labor and employment claims that may arise from the crisis. Indeed, a steady stream of pandemic-related lawsuits have already been filed,...more
6/1/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act ,
Workplace Safety
The National Mediation Board's proposed rule would create a direct decertification procedure, eliminating its current, convoluted "straw man" decertification procedure.
On January 31, 2019, the National Mediation Board...more
Valera v. AE Liquidation, Inc., the Third Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with five other circuits in holding that WARN notice was not required where an external event outside the employer's control triggering layoffs was...more
8/30/2017
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Chapter 11 ,
Chapter 7 Conversions ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exceptions ,
Furloughs ,
Insolvency ,
Layoffs ,
Popular ,
Purchase Agreement ,
Summary Judgment ,
WARN Act