On April 17, 2024, the Supreme Court announced its unanimous decision in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, No. 22-193. In Muldrow, the Court held that while an employee challenging a job transfer under Title VII of the...more
On December 14, 2023, the Cook County Board of Commissioners passed the Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance, throwing employers in Illinois another curveball in their efforts to comply with the ever-changing mandatory leave...more
On December 13, 2023, the Chicago City Council voted to delay the implementation of, and amended, the previously approved Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (the “Amendment”). We wrote about the...more
On November 9, 2023, the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which will, effective December 31, 2023, supersede Chicago’s sick leave law and require...more
On Friday evening, May 29, 2020, Governor Pritzker issued an Executive Order stating that businesses “must follow” the detailed Phase 3 reopening guidance recently published by the Department of Commerce and Economic...more
On March 26, 2020, the Department of Labor supplemented its March 24, 2020 Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers (the “Q&A”). While not law, the Q&A provides guidance on how the emergency paid sick...more
On March 24, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a document entitled Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answer, (the “Q&A”) intended to provide guidance on the two new paid leave benefits under...more
4/1/2020
/ Affiliated-Business Arrangements ,
Business Interruption ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Injury Disaster Loans ,
Employee Retention ,
Federal Loans ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Payroll Taxes ,
Relief Measures ,
SBA ,
SBA Lending Programs ,
Small Business ,
Tax Relief
On March 24, 2020, the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers (the “Q&A”). The Q&A, which is not law, provides some limited guidance to employers,...more
As we previously reported in “Illinois’ Legalization of Marijuana May Change the Drug-Free Workplace Landscape,” Illinois’ Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (the “CRTA”) will legalize recreational marijuana effective January 1,...more
12/11/2019
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Amended Legislation ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Drug Testing ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Marijuana ,
Recreational Use ,
State Labor Laws
On July 31, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed into law Public Act 101-0177, which, for the second time this year, amends the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 (“IEPA”).1 The most recent amendments are consistent with trends seen in...more
8/12/2019
/ Amended Legislation ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Pay Transparency ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Recreational cannabis is poised to become legal in Illinois in 2020, and Illinois employers should consider the impact now. In late May 2019, the Illinois House and Senate approved the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (the...more
6/21/2019
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Dispensaries ,
Drug Testing ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Cultivation ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Marijuana-Infused Edibles ,
Pending Legislation ,
Recreational Use ,
State and Local Government ,
Zero Tolerance Policies
Recent developments will soon require employers with more than 100 employees to report their pay data to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”).
On March 4, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District...more
Recent developments require employers to reevaluate their lactation and nursing policies and practices to ensure that they are in compliance with newly enacted local laws in New York City and Illinois.
Changes to New York...more
On June 6, 2018, the Office of the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“the NLRB” or “the Board”) published its most recent memo concerning employer handbook policies. The memo’s guidance reflects a stark...more
7/10/2018
/ Boeing ,
Confidential Information ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Customer Information ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Memorandum of Guidance ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Off-Duty Employees ,
Proprietary Information ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Terms and Conditions
Employers, at least those in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, have finally been given clear guidance regarding how much leave an employee should be given when he or she is unable to perform the essential functions of his or...more
12/20/2017
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Amicus Briefs ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Leave of Absence ,
Medical Leave ,
Protected Class ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Title I ,
Undue Hardship
ADA Alert: Seventh Circuit Significantly Restricts Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation...but Cities, States and Other Circuits Take a Different View -
Employers, at least those in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, have...more
12/19/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Audits ,
Ban the Box ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Form I-9 ,
H-1B ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Mergers ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Salary/Wage History