In Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. v. Hewitt, the US Supreme Court held (on the facts of that case) that an employer had improperly classified a supervisory employee earning more than $200,000 per year as an exempt...more
Recent final regulations made a series of 2021 amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act effective as of December 22, 2022. The amendments generally require private employers with 100 or more employees in the State of Illinois...more
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed new legislation on August 13 amending the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (the Act). The amended Act codifies certain existing common law principles and imposes new requirements that will...more
A mere three months after Illinois enacted sweeping amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003, rendering it one of the most far-reaching state equal pay laws in the country, Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker signed...more
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1480 into law on March 23, effective immediately. The new law limits employers’ use of conviction records in making employment decisions, requires broad workplace demographic...more
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