Real World Impact: Based on a recent amendment to the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act (the Act) sent to Governor JB Pritzker for signature on June 20, 2024, it would appear that the answer to this question...more
On April 21, 2021, the City of Chicago enacted the Vaccine Anti-Retaliation Ordinance that provides all workers in Chicago with rights to obtain COVID-19 vaccinations during their work hours and imposes significant penalties...more
4/27/2021
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Local Ordinance ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
State and Local Government ,
Vaccinations ,
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
On August 9, 2019, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker enacted sweeping changes to the landscape of employment law in Illinois. See Public Act 101-0221, http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/101/101-0221.htm. Among other...more
8/15/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Casinos ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Harassment ,
Hotels ,
Human Rights Act ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Regulations ,
New Legislation ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Transparency ,
Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA)
In the most expansive predictive scheduling law in the country to date, Chicago City officials passed the “Fair Workweek Ordinance” on July 24, 2019, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot has indicated she would quickly sign the...more
7/26/2019
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Covered Employees ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Workweek ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Local Ordinance ,
Manufacturers ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Retailers ,
State and Local Government ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Lifting Up Illinois Working Families Act into law on February 19, 2019. The Act gradually increases the minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next six years. Illinois is now the...more
Breaks for Expressing Breastmilk Must Be Paid -
Effective August 21, 2018, Illinois amended its Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act (820 ILCS 260/10). The prior law, which went into effect in 2001, required employers who...more
10/8/2018
/ Breastfeeding ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
New Legislation ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Reimbursements ,
Required Documentation ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws