On August 11, 2023, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed an amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act that mandates new pay transparency requirements for most Illinois employers.
New Pay Transparency Requirements-
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In the late night hours of November 9, 2023, the City of Chicago passed the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, a first-of-its-kind piece of legislation requiring employers to provide up to 40 hours of...more
Host Tom Godar welcomes Husch Blackwell partner Anne Mayette to part two of this Labor Law Insider podcast. Anne is deeply engaged in counseling employers regarding employment and labor activity and defends employers in...more
On February 2, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in Tims et al. v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc. that all cases filed pursuant to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) are subject to a five-year statute of...more
The Paid Leave for All Workers Act, expected to be signed soon by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, would require nearly all covered Illinois employers to provide employees paid leave to be used for any purpose. Illinois would...more
The Labor Law Insider podcast welcomes Husch Blackwell partner Anne Mayette on her inaugural trip to the LLI microphone. Anne, who practices out of the firm’s Chicago office, is a seasoned labor and employment lawyer, and...more
We are pleased to announce that Husch Blackwell has published its inaugural “Legal Insights for Manufacturing” report, which provides a look ahead to 2023 and explores the key trends and issues that will shape the coming year...more
2/13/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ,
Contract Lifecycle Management ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Manufacturers ,
National Association of Manufacturers ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Private Equity ,
Supply Chain ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage-Fixing
In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit clarified that an employer can violate the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) by discouraging an employee from taking FMLA leave, even...more
Effective January 1, 2023, employers with employees in Illinois will be subject to a number of expanded compliance obligations. First, employers will be required to provide employees with additional meal periods. Second,...more
7/11/2022
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Bereavement Leave ,
Day of Rest Laws ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Human Rights Act ,
Illinois ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
State Labor Departments ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
Effective July 1, 2022, all Chicago employers will need to implement the new sexual harassment policy and training policies as adopted in the recent amendments to the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance. Entities that employ at...more
On May 20, 2022, the Illinois Department of Labor released the anticipated proposed administrative rules to implement Section 11 of the Illinois Equal Pay Act (IL EPA) requiring businesses of 100 or more employees to file an...more
6/2/2022
/ Compliance ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Illinois ,
Job Descriptions ,
Pay Data ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Registration ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Labor Departments ,
Wage and Hour
On February 3, 2022, in a unanimous decision in Marquita McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park, LLC, et al., the Illinois Supreme Court (Court) held that a claim for statutory damages for statutory violations of the Illinois...more
Key Points-
•HF 902 was signed into law on October 28, 2021 and requires employers to issue vaccine waivers to employees who: 1) refuse to receive a COVID-19 vaccine requirement and 2) submit a statement that the vaccine...more
On Wednesday, October 27, 2021, in a vote of 64-52 the Illinois House passed an amendment to the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act (Act) that would allow employers to enforce work rules and policies relating to...more
Husch Highlight-
•The appropriate limitations period for a cause of action alleging violation of sections 15(a), (b) or (e) of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is the five-year statute of limitations...more
Key points-
The amendment to Senate Bill (SB) 0672 bans noncompetes for employees earning $75,000 per year or less and bans customer and coworker nonsolicits for employees earning $45,000 per year or less...more
On March 23, 2021, Illinois Governor Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 1480, which amends both the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) and the Illinois Equal Pay Act, and requires employers to report EEO-1 and pay data to the...more
4/1/2021
/ Compliance ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Records ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Human Rights ,
Illinois ,
Notification Requirements ,
Secretary of State ,
State and Local Government
On January 28, 2021, privacy professionals around the world will celebrate Data Privacy Day. This year, we decided to mark the occasion by gathering our team’s thoughts and expectations on what we expect to be the biggest...more
1/28/2021
/ Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Selling ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
FSA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Internet of Things ,
Popular ,
State and Local Government
In late February and early March 2020, public health authorities recommended against requiring the general public to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. That initial directive may have been based on a lack of...more
Despite the best of intentions to comply with the myriad of laws, orders and recommendations and to “do right” by employees while dealing with the current pandemic and recession, employers remain vulnerable to a whole host of...more
Key Points-
•Section 15(b) of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) protects personal legal rights in individuals’ unique biometric information and the right to give informed consent prior to relinquishing...more
Key Points
•Illinois released their model sexual harassment training program for use by employers free of charge to provide training to all employees who work or will work in Illinois or who work on a regular basis with...more
Keypoint: 2020 promises to be another ground-breaking year in privacy and cybersecurity law in the United States.
2019 was an exciting year in privacy and cybersecurity law. In the United States, the California Consumer...more
Key Points-
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is the most stringent privacy law in the country providing claimants with a private right of action without alleging actual injury....more
10/16/2019
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Diversity Jurisdiction ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fingerprints ,
Jurisdiction ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Private Right of Action
Key Points-
The law prohibits employers from including unilateral non-disclosure or non-disparagement clauses in employment agreements for unlawful employment practice claims of harassment, discrimination and retaliation....more