Colleen DeRosa at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

Illinois’ New COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Order: Top 10 Changes Employers Need to Know

On April 30, 2020, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker issued Executive Order 2020-32, Executive Order in Response to COVID-19. The new order modifies the previous shelter in place order and is effective May 1 to May 30, 2020....more

5/1/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Employer Responsibilities , Executive Orders , Governor Pritzker , Operators of Essential Services , Re-Opening Guidelines , Shelter-In-Place

The Who, What, and When on Illinois Employment Agreements Under the Workplace Transparency Act

The Illinois Workplace Transparency Act (WTA) (Public Act 101-0221) is designed to protect employees, consultants, and contractors who truthfully report alleged unlawful discrimination and harassment or criminal conduct in...more

2/28/2020 / Confidentiality Agreements , Contract Terms , Employment Contract , Harassment , Human Rights Act , Non-Disclosure Agreement , Retaliation , Settlement Agreements , Transparency , Whistleblowers

The Who, What, and When on Illinois’s Mandatory Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

Now a little more than one month into the new year, Illinois employers are under pressure to comply with several new laws increasing protections against discrimination and harassment. Among them, amendments to the Illinois...more

2/10/2020 / Amended Legislation , Employee Training , Human Rights Act , New Legislation , Recordkeeping Requirements , Sexual Harassment

New IHRA Amendment on Religious Accommodations: What Does It Mean for Illinois Employers?

A recent amendment (Public Act 100-0100) to the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) makes clear that employers in Illinois may have dress codes or grooming policies for the purposes of maintaining workplace safety or food...more

9/1/2017 / Discrimination , Dress Codes , Employment Discrimination , Human Rights Act , Reasonable Accommodation , Religious Accommodation , Religious Discrimination , Title VII

Seventh Circuit Invites Supreme Court to Make Sexual Orientation Discrimination Actionable Under Title VII

Bound by its own precedent, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals again held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not redress sexual orientation discrimination in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, (7th Cir....more

8/26/2016 / Appeals , Corporate Counsel , DOMA , Educational Institutions , Employer Liability Issues , Obergefell v. Hodges , Price Waterhouse , Sexual Orientation Discrimination , Sexual Stereotyping , Title VII , Young Lawyers

City of Chicago Expands “Ban the Box” Law to Smaller Employers and City Agencies

Effective January 1, 2015, the City of Chicago expanded the coverage of Illinois’s “ban the box” law within city limits. The amended Human Rights Ordinance, Section 2-160-010 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, effectively...more

1/9/2015 / Ban the Box , City of Chicago , Criminal Background Checks , Employer Liability Issues , Employer Mandates , Hiring & Firing , Job Applicants , New Legislation , Public Employees , Public Entities

Illinois’s New “Ban the Box” Law Prohibits Asking About Criminal Histories on Job Applications

On July 19, 2014, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed the Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicants Act, making Illinois the fifth state to bar private employers from asking job applicants about their criminal backgrounds...more

7/22/2014 / Background Checks , Ban the Box , Criminal Background Checks , Employer Liability Issues , Hiring & Firing , Job Applicants

A Sea Change in the Illinois Restrictive Covenant Agreement Framework

As we previously discussed in our blog post, the “continued employment doctrine,” which is the majority view in Illinois, is that two years of continued employment after an employee enters a restrictive covenant is...more

7/16/2013 / Continued Employment Doctrine , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants

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