The U.S. Department of Justice announced its new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative with the goal to identify entities defrauding the government by knowingly violating civil rights laws. The DOJ is specifically targeting employers...more
Beginning January 1, important amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act will go into effect. Established in 2003, the Act aims to eliminate gender-based discrimination and ensure that employees are compensated equally for the...more
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There’s a new wave of class action lawsuits hitting Illinois employers, based on a law that has been under the radar for more than 25 years: The Genetic Information Privacy Act, also known as GIPA. Passed in 1998, GIPA...more
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act has become a hot topic within recent months, due largely in part to massive payouts in the courts and new proposed legislation to modify the law. Earlier this year, state Sen....more
Since January 1, employers across Illinois have been figuring out how to ensure that their paid time off policies meet the requirements of the Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act that went into effect at the beginning of...more
Join Constangy partners Laura Balson and Ben Widener as they provide an overview of HR best practices, including employee handbooks and employment agreements/restrictive covenants....more
MOST EMPLOYEES IN ILLINOIS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO TAKE UP TO 40 HOURS OF PAID LEAVE FOR ANY REASON. The Paid Leave for All Workers Act was signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on January 12, and will take effect on January 1,...more
Although the motivation behind the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act – to protect individuals from having their unchangeable, biometric identities stolen or sold to the highest bidder – is noble, the class action...more