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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In the late night hours of November 9, 2023, the City of Chicago passed the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, a first-of-its-kind piece of legislation requiring employers to provide up to 40 hours of...more
In the late night hours of November 9, 2023, the City of Chicago passed the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, a first-of-its-kind piece of legislation requiring employers to provide up to 40 hours 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
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
7/11/2022
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State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On Friday, January 07, 2022, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a rule promulgated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) requiring healthcare workers at specific facilities participating...more
1/11/2022
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Healthcare Facilities ,
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OSHA ,
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Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing
On January 7, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on a slew of emergency applications for a stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). OSHA’s ETS requires...more