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Client Alert: Chicago’s New Paid Leave Ordinance: FAQs for Employers

Chicago recently passed its sweeping Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, which goes into effect on December 31, 2023 – and our clients have had many questions! Here are answers to the most frequently asked...more

More Limits to Restrictive Covenants on the Horizon: What Multi-State Employers Need to Know

Recently enacted and pending state legislation confirms a marked shift toward limiting employers’ use of non-competition and non-solicitation covenants. Colorado’s new non-compete law, which imposes wide-ranging restrictions...more

Top Workplace Issues to Watch in the Second Half of 2022

While employers continue to deal with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re also faced with the economic uncertainty of a probable recession and a tight labor market, among other risks....more

Employers Prepare for End of Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims

On February 10, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 4445, a landmark bill that renders invalid and unenforceable any mandatory arbitration provisions pertaining to claims of sexual harassment or sexual assault. The Bill, which...more

NGE On Demand: An Update on COVID-19 in the Workplace with Sonya Rosenberg and Michael Gray  [Video]

NGE Corporate & Securities partner Michael Gray catches up with Labor & Employment Partner Sonya Rosenberg to discuss the latest developments regarding the vaccine and related mandates. They discuss best practices and...more

New COVID-19 Guidance for Illinois Employers

Updated OSHA Guidance - On June 10, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued its highly anticipated updated guidance as many states in the U.S. begin to “reopen” and lift COVID-19...more

NGE On Demand: COVID-19 in the Workplace with Sonya Rosenberg and Michael Gray [Video]

NGE Corporate & Securities partner Michael Gray recently interviewed Labor & Employment partner Sonya Rosenberg on how employers should develop vaccine policies for employees, and how to maintain a safe work environment. ...more

NGE On Demand: "What do Foreign-based Employers Need to Know About U.S. Employment Law?" with Sonya Rosenberg [Video]

NGE Labor & Employment partner Sonya Rosenberg discusses three key factors foreign-based employers should know about U.S Employment law: at-will employment, infrastructure, and restrictive covenants. If you have any...more

Why Employers Are Moving Away from Requiring COVID-19 Vaccines

Although the EEOC has issued guidance indicating that generally employers can mandate COVID-19 vaccines (see our prior client alert), many employers are continuing to grapple with the question of whether they should, in fact,...more

EEOC Guidance Sheds Light on COVID-19 Vaccines for Employers

On December 16, 2020, on the heels of the FDA providing its emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued its much anticipated guidance...more

EEOC Delays Collection of EEO-1 Reports Due to COVID-19

On Friday, May 8, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced via Federal Register notice that it will delay the anticipated opening of the 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection, among other data...more

Employment Considerations in Illinois’ Anticipated Extended Stay at Home Order

Illinois’ extended Stay at Home Order, expected to be signed by Governor Pritzker today, contains important provisions for employers, including retailers and businesses maintaining permitted operations in their physical...more

CDC Relaxes 14-Day Self-Quarantine Recommendation for Essential Employees Exposed to COVID-19

On April 8, the CDC issued a new, relaxed guidance for critical infrastructure workers who have been exposed to a person diagnosed with or experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. ...more

The Six Degrees of COVID-19 – Dealing with Gray Area Questions of Exposure

Over the past few weeks, we have received many questions from our clients who are conducting essential or minimal operations in their physical workplaces and are struggling with how to best respond in the "gray area" COVID-19...more

Labor Department Posts Additional FAQs on Paid Sick and Family Leave Under the FFCRA

On Saturday, March 28, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) posted additional FAQs regarding paid sick and family leave requirements under the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA). ...more

Help May Be on the Way with $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package

On March 25, a $2 trillion coronavirus relief package titled the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was unanimously approved by the Senate. The legislation now heads to the House, which is expected...more

DOL Issues Much Sought After Guidance on the "Fewer Than 500 Employees" Threshold and Other Questions Under the FFCRA

Since Congress first began negotiating the "fewer than 500 employees" threshold for the application of the emergency paid family and sick leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), our clients started...more

Spike in Unemployment Shows Employers May Be Rushing into RIF Decisions

The surge of jobless claims by 70,000 reported by the Labor Department last week and much higher numbers expected this week indicate that employers are beginning to lay off employees on a massive scale amid the COVID-19...more

The Coronavirus Relief Bill Keeps Changing

On Saturday, March 14, 2020, the House overwhelmingly passed HR 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. In its originally passed form, HR 6201 offered certain paid FMLA leave protections to employees diagnosed or...more

Chicago and Cook County Paid Sick Leave Laws Go Into Effect July 1: Are You Ready?

As the holiday weekend approaches, many employers in Chicago and Cook County find themselves scrambling to prepare for the Chicago and Cook County Paid Sick Leave Ordinances that will take effect this Saturday, July 1, 2017....more

Cook County Ordinance Expands Reach of Paid Sick Leave

On October 5, 2016, the Cook County Board of Commissioners enacted an ordinance that will require employers throughout Cook County, Illinois to provide paid sick leave to employees (the “Cook County Ordinance”). The Cook...more

Employers in Chicago Take Note: Impending City Ordinance to Require Paid Sick Leave

Chicago is likely to become the next municipality to require employers to provide paid sick leave. On April 13, 2016, the Chicago City Council proposed an amendment to the Chicago Minimum Wage Ordinance that would require...more

Employers Take Note: The Supreme Court’s Game-Changing Decision in Young v. UPS Requires Review of Pregnancy Accommodation...

Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated decision in the closely watched case of Young v. UPS, holding that a plaintiff may be able to prove unlawful failure to accommodate a pregnancy-related condition through...more

Employers in Illinois Take Note: Pregnancy Accommodation Amendments Go Into Effect January 1, 2015

As of January 1, 2015, the recently enacted pregnancy accommodation amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act (“IHRA”) will go into effect, requiring many Illinois employers to update or change their policies and practices...more

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