With the 31 December 2023 effective date for the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (Ordinance) rapidly approaching, the Chicago City Council passed an amendment on 14 December 2023 (Amendment), which...more
12/22/2023
/ City of Chicago ,
Employees ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Policies ,
Illinois ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Sick Leave ,
Wage and Hour
On 9 November 2023, the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance1(the Ordinance). The Ordinance takes effect on 31 December 2023, and replaces Chicago’s current paid sick leave...more
Agreeing with earlier decisions by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Illinois Supreme Court recently held in Walton v. Roosevelt University that federal labor law preempts employee claims for...more
On 13 March 2023, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the “Paid Leave for All Workers Act” (the Act), which guarantees that Illinois workers can earn or accrue up to 40 hours of paid leave per year that may be used for any reason....more
Illinois may be on the road to becoming the “California” of the Midwest based on the latest developments in its employment laws. The following is a look at the key regulatory changes for 2022 and possible changes for 2022 and...more
On 8 February 2022, the National College Players Association, an advocacy group for college athletes, filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), accusing the National Collegiate...more
2/18/2022
/ Collective Bargaining ,
College Athletes ,
Colleges ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Section 7 ,
Student Athletes ,
Student Employees ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions ,
Universities
The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“Division”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued a joint statement on April 13, 2020, warning employers, staffing companies, and...more
On February 26, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) formally issued its final rule on joint employment under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). ...more
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Until fairly recently, non-compete clauses and other employer practices affecting employee mobility and wages were a relatively minor focus of U.S. antitrust enforcement authorities....more
On July 1, 2017, two very similar ordinances regarding employee paid sick leave will become effective. One of these ordinances is the modified version of The Chicago Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance (“Chicago...more
On April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals became the first federal appeals court in the United States to find that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual...more