This summer seemed to fly by as quickly as the Illinois Legislature and Governor J.B. Pritzker enacted a dizzying slew of more new employment laws between the months of June and August. These changes are sweeping and require...more
Governor JB Pritzker has dedicated his administration to expanding the rights and protections of employees. Many of these changes place significant compliance requirements on employers, and being non-compliant risks hefty...more
Illinois passed a new law that will extend the amount of unpaid leave that employees are entitled to for certain categories of child bereavement. The Child Extended Bereavement Leave Act (CEBLA), which was signed into law by...more
Amendments to the Illinois Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA) expand leave available to Illinois employees grieving a family member’s death arising from a crime of violence. VESSA applies to all Illinois...more
On June 9, 2022, Governor Pritzker signed the Family Bereavement Leave Act (SB3120) into law, which expands unpaid bereavement leave for Illinois employees. The Family Bereavement Leave Act (FBLA) amends the Child Bereavement...more
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 3120 into law on June 9, 2022. The law significantly amends the state’s Child Bereavement Leave Act, now named the Family Bereavement Leave Act (FBLA)...more
Illinois employers should update their leave policies in light of the new bereavement law going into effect on January 1, 2023. On June 9, 2022, Governor Pritzker signed into law the Family Bereavement Leave Act (“FBLA”)....more
Effective January 1, 2023, employers with employees in Illinois will be subject to a number of expanded compliance obligations. First, employers will be required to provide employees with additional meal periods. Second,...more
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker recently signed into law two bills addressing employee leave. The Family Bereavement Leave Act (FBLA) provides eligible employees with unpaid time off to grieve the death of a family member...more