The City of Chicago recently amended two existing ordinances to provide greater protections for employees in the areas of bodily autonomy and criminal conviction histories. Both the Bodily Autonomy for All Ordinance and the...more
Illinois is not only poised to join the ranks of states that either prohibit or limit employers’ ability to evaluate applicants’ and employees’ criminal conviction records, but also implement a retaliation standard that more...more
As of this writing, employees from across the country have filed more than 430 COVID-19-related lawsuits against their employers and former employers. Not all of these claims have focused on the Family First Coronavirus...more
8/6/2020
/ Age Discrimination ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Former Employee ,
Furloughs ,
Health and Safety ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Involuntary Reduction in Force ,
Layoffs ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Workplace Safety
After state lawmakers passed sweeping expansions to the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) in August 2019, employers have been left in the dark as to how the state would interpret and enforce the new requirement forcing...more
7/31/2020
/ Adverse Judgments ,
Amended Legislation ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Human Rights Act ,
New Guidance ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws
Illinois recently enacted sweeping legislation in an effort to combat sexual harassment in the workplace. Illinois Senate Bill 75 created the Workplace Transparency Act, amended the Illinois Human Rights Act and the Victims’...more
8/30/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Amended Legislation ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Employee Training ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Human Rights ,
Leave of Absence ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Sexual Harassment ,
State Labor Laws