The Illinois Legislature has been busy this 2024 session, passing more than 10 new employment laws or amendments to existing employment laws in May 2024, only one of which in any manner affirmatively helps employers. We will...more
9/5/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
E-Verify ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Illinois ,
Labor Reform ,
New Regulations ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Executive Summary: Washington, D.C. and Maryland recently enacted pay transparency and wage history laws. In passing these laws, the two jurisdictions join a growing number of states including California, Colorado, Illinois,...more
7/2/2024
/ Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Job Ads ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Reform ,
Pay Gap ,
Pay Transparency ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Salary/Wage History ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Executive Summary: In January 2023, the Illinois Legislature passed the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLAW Act). The PLAW Act specifically exempted the City of Chicago and certain municipalities in Cook County because they...more
12/28/2023
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Employee Benefits ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Illinois ,
Labor Reform ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
As of January 1, 2020, all Illinois employers are required to provide sexual harassment training to all employees on an annual basis. The initial deadline for compliance is December 31, 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic,...more
12/21/2020
/ #MeToo ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Corporate Culture ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Labor Regulations ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws
More than four months after the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act (WTA) went into effect, the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) has now uploaded onto its website the “model” sexual harassment training required...more