This spring, California employers received two rare and substantial victories, alleviating some of the burden caused by frequent and costly wage and hour claims that plague California businesses. In 2023 alone, California’s...more
We’ve previously provided general guidance on the challenges facing students, parents and employers this fall. This is the first week of remote school for all Chicago Public School students, and this post focuses on what...more
Chicago, the nation’s third largest school district, reversed course and said it would begin the academic year remotely in September. This shift leaves New York City as one of the only major school systems still planning to...more
Last week, the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance (“the Ordinance”), which requires employers to give workers early notice of their schedules or face penalties if they change shifts without...more
In August 2018, Illinois governor Bruce Rauner signed House Bill 1595 (“HB 1595”) amending the Illinois Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act (the “Act”) to provide paid break time to nursing mothers “as needed” to express...more
As of January 1, 2016, Illinois’s Equal Pay Act (the “Act”) expanded to prohibit all employers, regardless of size, from paying unequal wages to men and women for doing the same or substantially similar work, except if the...more