Illinois continues to change the landscape for employers, allowing employees more leeway when it comes to the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) and Illinois Personnel Records Review Act (IPRRA).
Recent Amendments to the...more
8/23/2024
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Employment Discrimination ,
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Record Retention ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Separation ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On Friday, October 6, 2023, Reservation sign on tableChicago’s City Council passed the “One Fair Wage” Ordinance (“Ordinance”), which gradually phases out Chicago’s “tip credit” over a five-year period until it is completely...more
Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management Certification Training Series -
Develop your managers into the professional leaders who create the culture that propels your business. Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management...more
8/29/2023
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8/29/2023
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Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management Certification Training Series -
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8/29/2023
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8/29/2023
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Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management Certification Training Series -
Develop your managers into the professional leaders who create the culture that propels your business. Amundsen Davis’s Leadership & Management...more
8/29/2023
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On Wednesday July 19, 2023, the Chicago City Council introduced legislation to eliminate the city’s “tip credit” over a two-year period (if passed), in an effort to raise the city’s current hourly minimum wage rate for tipped...more
Join us Wednesday, September 13 at noon for our Ninth Annual Labor & Employment Fall Seminar. This year’s event will be livestreamed from our Chicago office. Our attorneys will discuss the latest employment law updates...more
8/2/2023
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Best Practices ,
Bias ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Diversity ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Genetic Testing ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Paid Leave ,
Pay Transparency ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Sick Leave ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars
In today’s virtual world so much has changed – we work from home, we attend meetings from home, and now, many companies are hiring from home. Virtual interviewing is on the rise, and for good reason. Companies can interview...more
6/9/2022
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Biometric Information ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Data Privacy ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Interviews ,
Screening Procedures ,
State Labor Laws ,
Virtual Meetings ,
Wage and Hour ,
Written Consent
Research has proven that diverse teams drive better business performance, with the most diverse companies more likely than ever to outperform their less diverse peers. Diversity, inclusion and allyship are top of mind for...more
On December 7, 2021, we brought to you the news that U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker in the Southern District of Georgia put a nationwide halt on the federal contractor vaccination mandate. On January 21, 2022 Judge...more
In September President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 was blessed by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force requiring certain federal contractors to have all of their contract and related workers vaccinated against COVID-19 by...more
With the help of the US Department of Labor (DOL), the Biden Administration made good on its promise to increase the minimum wage for workers who work on new or updated federal contracts (including extended, renewed, or...more
On October 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor published its final rule regarding tipped employees with dual jobs (i.e., employees who perform both tipped and non-tipped work), rejecting the Trump-era approach to...more
11/2/2021
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Hospitality Industry ,
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Minimum Wage ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour
Employers with tipped employees, take note: the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited final rule on tip regulations, which was officially published on September 24 and becomes effective November 23, 2021....more
On September 24, 2021, as instructed by President Biden’s Executive Order 14042, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (“Task Force”) published its COVID-19 Workplace Safety for Federal Contractors Guidance. We first...more
9/28/2021
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
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Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Employees ,
Joe Biden ,
Masks ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Service Contract Act ,
Social Distancing ,
Vaccinations
The short answer is: Be careful what you wish for! During this COVID-19 pandemic, vaccinations have been at the front of everyone’s mind. Now, with the mass rollout of vaccinations across the country, employers’ main...more
4/7/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Documentation ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Religious Exemption ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
Although cannabis remains illegal under federal law, the legalization of cannabis on the state-level has left employers feeling uncertain of how to tailor their workplace policies and procedures to fit the changing...more
2/12/2020
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Continuing Legal Education ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Drug Testing ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Job Applicants ,
Managers ,
Marijuana ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Reasonable Suspicion ,
Webinars ,
Workplace Safety
A currently pending federal case reminds us that hospitality employers could have claims for sexual harassment and discrimination brought against them based on the alleged inappropriate conduct of their customers.
The...more
Previously, we reported to you on the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Final Rule that raised the minimum salary threshold required to qualify for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) “white-collar” exemptions...more