Join our interdisciplinary panel of Amundsen Davis attorneys for a half-day livestream seminar highlighting the key issues and emerging trends impacting the construction industry. With an eye toward 2025 and beyond, sessions...more
1/9/2025
/ Best Practices ,
Boycotts ,
Construction Contracts ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Litigation ,
Construction Project ,
Construction Workers ,
General Contractors ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
OSHA ,
PFAS ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Right to Picket ,
Risk Management ,
Strike ,
Subcontractors ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars ,
Workplace Safety
“Harris Walz, Obviously.” “Trump 2024 – Take America Back.” These words are on signs that pepper front lawns and store fronts across the country. Consider what compels someone to make their stance so public. It’s because...more
The recently overhauled paid leave ordinances in Illinois include: Illinois Paid Leave For All Workers Act (effective January 1, 2024), Cook County Paid Leave (effective February 1, 2024) and the City of Chicago Paid Leave...more
2/27/2024
/ Best Practices ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Illinois ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Remote Working ,
Sick Leave ,
Termination Payments ,
Time-Off Policies ,
Wage and Hour ,
Waiting Periods ,
Webinars
On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its Final Rule on the standard for determining who is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Final Rule is set to...more
1/17/2024
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Independent Contractors ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Misclassification ,
Over-Time ,
Totality of Circumstances Test ,
Wage and Hour
With the January 1, 2024, Leave of Absence Request form and peneffective date of the Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act (IPLAWA) quickly approaching, employers need to ensure they are analyzing their existing paid leave...more
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
9/1/2023
/ Bereavement Leave ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Gender-Based Violence ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Illinois ,
Independent Contractors ,
Job Ads ,
Job Promotions ,
Paid Leave ,
Personnel Records ,
State Labor Laws ,
Strike ,
Temporary Employees ,
Unions ,
Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA) ,
Wage and Hour
Join us Wednesday, September 13 at noon for our Ninth Annual Labor & Employment Fall Seminar. This year’s event will be livestreamed from our Chicago office. Our attorneys will discuss the latest employment law updates...more
8/2/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Best Practices ,
Bias ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Diversity ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Genetic Testing ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Paid Leave ,
Pay Transparency ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Sick Leave ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars
The Chicago Human Rights Ordinance makes it a civil rights violation “[f]or any employer, employee, agent of any employer, employment agency or labor organization to engage in sexual harassment.” Municipal Code of Chicago,...more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) EEO-1 Component 1 Online Filing System is set to open on Monday, April 26, 2021. Private employers with at least 100 employees, and federal contractors with at least 50...more
They say that the only constant in life is change. Here is a quick overview of the shift that we expect to see in the realm of labor and employment after President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
National Labor...more
Eight states, the District of Columbia, and more than 30 municipalities have enacted laws mandating differing paid leave requirements. Localities such as New York and San Francisco, have enacted some of the most aggressive...more