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Effective July 1, 2025, updates to several key Chicago employment laws go into effect, including (1) updates to the Chicago Fair Workweek employee coverage thresholds; (2) updates to the City’s minimum wage; and (3) new...more
On July 1, 2024, the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (PLO or the “Ordinance”) took effect. We previously reported on the Ordinance when it was announced in November 2023 noting that, as written, it...more
Earlier this month, the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection published the final rules supporting Chicago’s new Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance. Both the ordinance and the rules go...more
On April 30, 2024, the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) published the final rules interpreting the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”) which is set...more
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
With the 31 December 2023 effective date for the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (Ordinance) rapidly approaching, the Chicago City Council passed an amendment on 14 December 2023 (Amendment), which...more
On Dec. 13, the Chicago City Council voted unanimously to delay the Dec. 31, 2023 implementation of the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance to July 1, 2024. Until then, the Chicago Paid Sick Leave...more
Previously, in November 2023, the City of Chicago passed the Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance to go into effect December 31, 2023. This new law required employers to provide Chicago employees up to 40 hours...more
Last year, the Chicago City Council amended the City’s sexual harassment ordinance for the express purpose of promoting zero tolerance of violence and harassment in the workplace. The amendments, effective July 1, 2022,...more
On March 15, 2023, the Chicago City Council overwhelmingly voted to approve an ordinance requiring labor peace agreements between workers and Chicago-funded nonprofit organizations providing critical public health and social...more