Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to implement a new rule banning non-compete agreements for most U.S. workers. Specifically, the new rule prohibits employers from entering into or...more
4/25/2024
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Each year, LP’s Employment & Executive Compensation Practice Group is pleased to provide a short checklist of steps that all companies should consider taking to measure their readiness for the coming year. We hope you find...more
2/1/2024
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On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its decision in McLaren Macomb, overturning recent precedent and finding that giving an employee a severance agreement containing commonly used...more
Illinois employers that use biometric timeclocks (such as finger, face, hand, or retina scan timeclocks or entry devices) or collect other biometric information should take action immediately to confirm they are in compliance...more
Each year, LP’s Employment & Executive Compensation Practice Group is pleased to provide a short checklist of steps that all companies should consider taking to measure their readiness for the coming year. We hope that you...more
1/27/2023
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Each year, LP’s Labor & Employment Practice Group is pleased to provide a short checklist of steps that all companies should consider taking to measure their readiness for the coming year. We hope that you find this 2015...more
1/29/2015
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We’ve been conditioned to believe that lateral moves are all about money. Popular thinking — which may not be far from the truth — holds that law firms, held in collective thrall by the American Lawyer’s profit-per-partner...more
Each year, LP’s Labor & Employment Practice Group is pleased to provide a short checklist of steps that all companies should consider taking in order to measure their readiness for the coming year. We hope that you find this...more
Last Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court issued an important decision in a case involving the enforceability of non-compete agreements....more
In the spirit of spring, the implementing regulations for the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) are somewhat sunnier than the proposed regulations initially presented by the EEOC in the fall of 2009....more