A federal judge in Louisiana ruled yesterday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) overstepped its authority by requiring employers to accommodate elective abortions that are not medically necessary....more
In another major shift for workplaces, President Trump issued an executive order Wednesday with huge implications for employment discrimination claims. For decades, employers could face liability for policies and practices...more
4/25/2025
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Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
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Job Applicants ,
Title VI ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
The Supreme Court recently issued a decision that raises big implications for workplace claims brought under state law. Alabama residents who applied for unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic challenged the way...more
2/28/2025
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AL Supreme Court ,
Alabama ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Delay Claims ,
Due Process ,
Employment Litigation ,
Government Officials ,
SCOTUS ,
Social Security Act ,
State Labor Laws ,
Unemployment Benefits
Illinois employers will soon be required to reveal salary information in job postings, thanks to a new law that will take effect on January 1. Amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act will require covered organizations to...more
10/31/2024
/ Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Illinois ,
Job Ads ,
Job Applicants ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Transparency ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently agreed to amend the state’s groundbreaking temp worker law to increase obligations for businesses and create additional compliance requirements. The August 9 action officially amends...more
8/21/2024
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Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Equal Pay ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Illinois ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Disputes ,
Notice Requirements ,
Staffing Agencies ,
State Labor Laws ,
Temporary Employees ,
Wage and Hour
Chicago employers have only a few weeks left to comply with new paid leave rules impacting workers in the city. The ordinance was supposed to take effect last December, but the Chicago City Council amended and delayed it...more
6/13/2024
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City of Chicago ,
Covered Employees ,
Employee Benefits ,
Final Rules ,
Local Ordinance ,
Notice Requirements ,
Paid Leave ,
Posting Requirements ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Wage and Hour
Illinois employers now have some long-awaited answers to key questions about a paid leave law that took effect earlier this year. Specifically, the Illinois Department of Labor published final regulations on April 30...more
A finalized rule released by the EEOC Monday will require employers to accommodate applicants and workers who need time off or other workplace modifications for an abortion procedure or recovery. That is the most significant...more
A group of staffing associations and agencies successfully stopped the Illinois Department of Labor from enforcing parts of the new requirements meant to heighten equal pay rights under the state’s Day and Temporary Labor...more
Illinois passed significant amendments to its Day and Temporary Labor Services Act last year, and key requirements are about to take effect next month. The state law heightens equal pay rights for day and temporary workers...more
Employers can take a momentary deep breath now that the Chicago City Council voted to delay the city’s new paid leave ordinance, which was supposed to take effect at the end of the month. The ordinance would have required...more
Employers don’t have much time to comply with a new paid leave ordinance in Chicago — which is one of the most generous paid time off laws in the country — so you should start planning now. The ordinance will require...more
11/20/2023
/ City of Chicago ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Policies ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Posting Requirements ,
Rate of Pay ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Sick Leave ,
Wage and Hour ,
Written Notice
Illinois employers will be required to reveal salary information in job postings thanks to a new law that was just finalized by the governor. On August 11, Governor Pritzker passed into law amendments to the Illinois Equal...more
8/30/2023
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Employee Benefits ,
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Equal Pay Act ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Illinois ,
Job Ads ,
Job Applicants ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Transparency ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Employers may soon have more clarity on providing pregnancy-related reasonable accommodations now that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released proposed regulations this week – but questions may still...more
The Illinois Equal Pay Act has been around for a decade, but it’s seen many changes in the past few years. The act was amended in 2021 to impose new equal pay compliance requirements and create new obligations for private...more
4/28/2023
/ Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Illinois ,
Job Ads ,
Job Applicants ,
Posting Requirements ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
It’s that time of the year again…that responsive employee becomes a little less responsive, you hear random gasps throughout the office mid-day on a Thursday, the sick days and vacation requests for this coming Friday...more
Last year, the Illinois legislature amended the state’s Equal Pay Act of 2003 to impose new requirements on employers. This year, employers will need to start complying with the EPA’s new equal pay certification requirements...more
As of this writing, employees from across the country have filed more than 430 COVID-19-related lawsuits against their employers and former employers. Not all of these claims have focused on the Family First Coronavirus...more
8/6/2020
/ Age Discrimination ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Former Employee ,
Furloughs ,
Health and Safety ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Involuntary Reduction in Force ,
Layoffs ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Workplace Safety
The City of Chicago has gone a step further than most other jurisdictions to protect employees who have encountered some of the devastating aspects of COVID-19. Adopting portions of the Chicago Minimum Wage and Paid Sick...more
With well over 175 COVID-19-related employment lawsuits already having been filed nationwide, employers need to keep abreast of ongoing issues that impact the physical and remote workplace. One area where employers need to be...more
The Chicago City Council just approved what is likely the most expansive predictive scheduling law in the country. Business and labor groups came together with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s staff and the city council to...more
The Illinois House of Representatives and Senate recently voted to override Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of proposed changes to the Illinois Equal Pay Act, meaning that employers will soon be required to comply with...more
12/11/2018
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Failed Legislation ,
Governor Rauner ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pay Gap ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017. November was no...more
12/7/2017
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Appeals ,
Attorney General ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Electronic Filing ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Failed Legislation ,
Fair Workweek ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Fines ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gig Economy ,
Harassment ,
Independent Contractors ,
IRS ,
Joint Employers ,
LGBTQ ,
Marijuana ,
Misclassification ,
Paid Leave ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Salary/Wage History ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tax Penalties ,
Title VII ,
Uber ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting
An Illinois proposal that would have prevented employers from requiring applicants to disclose their prior wages or salary during the hiring process unexpectedly failed during the Illinois General Assembly veto session on...more
11/28/2017
/ Ban the Box ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Failed Legislation ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Governor Rauner ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Wage and Hour