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Breaking News Impacting Illinois Staffing Agencies & User Clients

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Friday, Governor Pritzker signed Senate Bill 3650 (SB 3650), which amends the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (the “Act”) -- AGAIN. This is the 3rd major amendment to the Act in just over a year. The impact of...more

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Littler Lightbulb: July Appellate Roundup

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This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments in federal courts of appeal in the last month....more

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Promises and Perils: Guiding Principles for Employers Implementing Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.  Pursuant to the Executive Order, on May 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of...more

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Another Training Time Case Highlights The Issue Of “Compulsion.”

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Under the FLSA, for training time to not be counted as working hours, there are specific conditions that must be met. If all four of these conditions are not met, then the time is compensable. These factors are: 1) no work...more

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FLSA Class Action Settlement Illustrates Strictness Of Regulations On Training Time

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The FLSA regulations on training time are very specific and, often, hard for an employer to comply with. There are four conditions precedent for such time to be non-compensable and they must all be satisfied or else the time...more

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DOL Issues Guidance on PUMP Act for Nursing Workers

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2023-2 on May 17, 2023, to provide guidance to its field staff regarding enforcement of the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act...more

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What Employers Need to Know About Iowa’s New Child Labor Law

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On May 26, 2023, Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 542, an Act relating to youth employment. For Iowa employers that employ minors, the new law could be significant....more

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Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … Training Time

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As the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has come to an end, employees are heading back to conferences in droves and resuming their usual training activities. While employers big and small understand they must compensate...more

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New Year, New Updates to Employment Laws

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Below is a brief summary of the landscape of changes to employment law for employers in 2023. What Employers In Chicago Need to Know: Chicago Expands Required Training for Sexual Harassment Prevention- Employers have...more

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What Employers Should Do To Prepare For Natural Disasters

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The EF4 tornado that roared through Mayfield, Kentucky, in the late hours of Dec. 10, 2021, left catastrophic damage in its wake. It almost completely leveled Mayfield Consumer Products LLC’s candle factory. Sadly,...more

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What is Human Resources Compliance, and Why is it Important?

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How to align your people, processes, and technology with ever-changing regulations and mandates. Amid shifting workplace policies, an ever-challenging hiring climate, and evolving regulations, Human Resources (HR)...more

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Does Your Clawback Need A Manicure?

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You’ve wined and dined and trained and invested in your new hire, and now they’re leaving you in the midst – before you were ready – can you still get the ring back, or in this case, “clawback” your training and other related...more

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Juggling a Remote, Hybrid and/or Multistate Workforce: What Employers Should Know

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As employers hire new staff members, keep in mind individual state employment laws, ADA considerations and compensation requirements. At the beginning of the pandemic, large swaths of the country converted from in-person...more

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Podcast: Do You Have to Pay for Training Time?

Hear how a decades-old landmark law guides today’s employers on some of the most pressing issues facing companies. Bill Martucci, who leads Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s national Employment Litigation and Policy Practice, shares...more

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FLSA Training Time Class Action Highlights The Nuances Of “Working Time” Issues

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To me, working time lawsuits are almost the most dangerous for an employer because they often will affect many employees, lending themselves (easily) to a purported class action. A recent case from Illinois again brings to...more

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Forging Commitments: How Manufacturers Can Promote Retention After Investing In Employee Training

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The labor shortage has forced many manufacturers to adopt new strategies to meet their staffing needs. As commentators in the Jackson Lewis Manufacturing Industry Group have previously written, these include adjusting...more

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Deciding Whether To Train Manufacturing Workers Where Work Happens Or Subsidize Off-Duty Training

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Manufacturers face increasing difficulty in finding employees with the skills they need, where they need them to be. The skills gap has become a bigger issue as more manufacturers are looking to build where they sell, and...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: January 2021

Special Edition Week In Review: Read all about it! While many of you were at holiday over the last two weeks, your federal government was not, and a lot of news hit the wire. So, we were there and can now report what you...more

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DOL Issues Clarification Regarding Compensability for Voluntary Training/Continuing Education

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently published an opinion letter explaining compensability under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of time spent in voluntary continuing education programs. In FLSA 2020-15, the DOL...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Wage and Hour Opinion Letters

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On Nov. 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued two additional opinion letters regarding what constitutes “work time” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The first opinion letter analyzes...more

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Is An Employee’s Voluntary Attendance At Training Programs Compensable?

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued additional guidance to employers as to the compensability of time employees spend attending voluntary training programs under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In other words, if...more

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DOL’s New Opinion Letters Examine Rules on Voluntary Training Time, Travel Time

On November 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) issued new opinion letters addressing the compensability of time spent by employees attending voluntary training programs and in work-related...more

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Employment Flash - October 2020

This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues, including the Department of Labor's proposal for determining independent contractor status, revised DOL regulations that clarify who qualifies for...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: September 2020 #4

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments For July 2020

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1. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) modified its standard for determining whether an employer may lawfully discipline an employee for abusive or offensive statements and conduct in the context of activity otherwise...more

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