Leadership and Innovation at the Illinois AG's Office — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Employment Law Now VI-113 - Panel Discussion on Significant Equal Pay Legislation
The Illinois Whistleblower Act (the “Act”) provides protections to employees who make reports of certain fraudulent and illegal conduct occurring in their workplaces. In the past legislative session, the Illinois General...more
Last month Governor JB Pritzker signed SB 3180 into law prohibiting retaliation under the One Day Rest in Seven Act. The Act requires every employer, with certain exceptions, to provide employees with at least 24 consecutive...more
Recent amendments to the Illinois One Day Rest In Seven Act (ODRISA) prohibit employers from retaliating against employees and create an enforcement mechanism. The amendments went into effect March 21, 2025. ODRISA requires...more
The One Day Rest in Seven Act is an Illinois law providing employees with the right to meal breaks and one full day of rest each work week....more
In recent years, Illinois has gone the way of states like California and New York by expanding workplace protections for employees. That trend was evident in 2024 with the passage of several laws that took effect on January...more
Changes to the Illinois Whistleblower Act (“IWA”), 740 ILCS 174/1 et seq., took effect on January 1, 2025. The amended IWA broadens the scope of protected employee activity to include an employee’s internal report of (threat...more
The Illinois Legislature was busy in 2024, passing a slew of new employment laws and amendments to existing laws, only one of which in any manner affirmatively helps employers. Below is a summary of the bills that were signed...more
Last week, Governor JB Pritzker signed into law several bills that significantly amend the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA). As a result of these amendments, Illinois employers should expect an uptick in discrimination cases...more
Perhaps in response to recent success pursuing claims under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the plaintiffs’ bar is now also pursuing class actions against employers under another unique Illinois privacy...more
Illinois will become the third state (including Nevada and Maine) to mandate employers to provide employees with paid time off for any reason. The new law, which we summarize below, will become effective in 2024. The Law...more
On January 10, 2023, Illinois legislature passed the Paid Leave For All Workers Act (the “Act”), which requires Illinois employers to provide at least 40 hours of paid leave per year to be used for any reason. Governor...more
On April 14, 2022, the Seventh Circuit affirmed the entry of summary judgment on claims under the Illinois Whistleblower Act and Illinois Jury Act, concluding that the plaintiff was not terminated for engaging in protected...more
The beginning of 2021 saw the advent of new employment laws for employers with operations and employees located in the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago. Here are some of the new state and local laws that employers in...more