Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed into law amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act (“IHRA”) that require all employers to provide reasonable accommodations for any medical or common condition of a job applicant or...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has invited the public to file amicus ("friend of the court") briefs by June 16, 2014 addressing whether employees have the statutory right to use employers’ email and other...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held in Mendel v. City of Gibraltar that volunteer firefighters, who receive $15 per hour whenever they voluntarily choose to respond to calls, are employees who must be counted...more