The Seventh Circuit’s decision in Richards v. Eli Lilly & Co. represents the most significant shift in collective action procedure in the circuit in decades. For many years, district courts in the circuit have utilized the...more
8/18/2025
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On June 10, 2025, Judge Georgia N. Alexakis of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued an order allowing the defendant in an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) action to immediately...more
6/23/2025
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On February 2, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in Tims et al. v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc. that all cases filed pursuant to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) are subject to a five-year statute of...more
In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit clarified that an employer can violate the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) by discouraging an employee from taking FMLA leave, even...more
On May 20, 2022, the Illinois Department of Labor released the anticipated proposed administrative rules to implement Section 11 of the Illinois Equal Pay Act (IL EPA) requiring businesses of 100 or more employees to file an...more
6/2/2022
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Despite the best of intentions to comply with the myriad of laws, orders and recommendations and to “do right” by employees while dealing with the current pandemic and recession, employers remain vulnerable to a whole host of...more
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•Illinois released their model sexual harassment training program for use by employers free of charge to provide training to all employees who work or will work in Illinois or who work on a regular basis with...more
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The law prohibits employers from including unilateral non-disclosure or non-disparagement clauses in employment agreements for unlawful employment practice claims of harassment, discrimination and retaliation....more
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The City of Chicago passed the most comprehensive predictable scheduling law in the country which applies to industries beyond the service sector, including healthcare and manufacturing....more
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Corporations may be held vicariously liable for employee conduct under the Illinois Gender Violence Act.
An Illinois appellate court justified the imposition of liability as a consequence of expanding...more
On February 14, 2019, the Illinois House voted to complete the passage of legislation that increased the minimum wage paid to Illinois employees to $15.00/hour over a 6-year period. Consistent with his campaign promise,...more
On January 23, 2019, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, carved out a narrow exclusion from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) holding that the ADEA does not protect outside job applicants...more