Madeline Remish at Saul Ewing LLP

Illinois Amends IHRA to Protect Caregiver Status

On August 9, 2024, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 2161, the newest amendment to the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA), which prohibits employers from discriminating against an employee or applicant based on their...more

9/9/2024 / Anti-Discrimination Policies , Caregivers , Compliance , Discrimination , Employee Rights , Employer Liability Issues , Employer Responsibilities , Illinois , Personal Care Assistants

NLRB Decision Finds Overly Broad Non-competition and Non-solicitation Clauses Violate NLRA

On June 13, 2024, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision that further muddies the landscape of restrictive covenant law. In J.O. Mory Inc., an ALJ held that overly...more

7/16/2024 / Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) , Collective Bargaining , Employee Rights , NLRA , NLRB , Non-Compete Agreements , Non-Solicitation Agreements , Restrictive Covenants , Unfair Labor Practices , Unions

Another NLRB ALJ Holds That Displaying “Black Lives Matter” Messaging at Work Is Not Protected by the NLRA

In Whole Foods Market, Inc., Case 01-CA-26183, JD(SF)-39-23 (Dec. 20, 2023), National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judge Ariel Sotolongo held that Whole Foods did not violate federal law by enforcing its...more

1/24/2024 / Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) , Black Lives Matter , NLRA , NLRB , Race Discrimination

Chicago Votes To Eliminate Tipped Minimum Wage

On September 14, 2023, the Committee on Workforce Development, a procedural committee under the Chicago City Council, voted in favor of the One Fair Wage Ordinance, legislation that would phase out tipped minimum wages within...more

10/17/2023 / City of Chicago , Collective Bargaining , Local Ordinance , Minimum Wage , Reporting Requirements , Restaurant Industry , Tipped Employees , Wage and Hour

Temporary Workers Now Have More Rights and Protections Under Illinois Law Than Ever Before

Since Illinois first enacted the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (the “Act”) in 2006, the number of temporary workers in the state has more than doubled, from 300,000 to over 650,000 workers. The number of registered...more

9/1/2023 / Employee Training , Employer Responsibilities , Illinois , Staffing Agencies , State Labor Laws , Temporary Employees , Workplace Safety

“Try, Try Again” – OSHA Introduces Yet Another Electronic Data Reporting Rule, But Still May Not Have Found Success

"Oops, [it] did it again." Analogous to Ms. Spears's lyric, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) once again causes a reset across multiple industries with its third iteration of an electronic data...more

7/25/2023 / Corporate Counsel , Data Reporting , Employees , Employer Responsibilities , OSHA , Reporting Requirements , Workplace Injury

Mandatory Labor and Employment Law Poster Updates

Attention employers -- some mandatory labor and employment law posters just received updates to reflect new laws and updates to existing laws. In April 2023, the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) gave the FLSA Poster...more

5/26/2023 / Department of Labor (DOL) , Employer Liability Issues , Employer Responsibilities , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) , Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) , Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

NLRB’s General Counsel Has Released Guidance on Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions

New Guidance for Employers on Severance/Separation Agreements - The National Labor Relations Board’s recent McLaren Macomb decision, discussed here, regarding the lawfulness of confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions...more

3/27/2023 / Confidentiality Agreements , NLRA , NLRB , Non-Disparagement Provisions , Section 7 , Severance Agreements

Companies Must Now Be More Careful When Crafting Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions in Separation Agreements

The continued efforts of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to roll back pro-employer rulings issued during the Trump Administration took a big jump forward recently when the Board effectively barred the use of certain...more

3/22/2023 / Confidentiality Agreements , Hiring & Firing , NLRA , NLRB , Non-Disparagement Provisions , Section 7 , Severance Agreements

The Amended New Jersey WARN Act is Finally Going Into Effect, Bringing Mandatory Severance and Other Big Changes to Mass Layoffs...

After nearly three years of waiting and speculation, the amended New Jersey WARN Act that was first signed into law in January 2020, will finally become effective on April 10, 2023....more

2/7/2023 / Employer Liability Issues , Layoff Notices , Layoffs , New Jersey , Severance Pay , State Labor Laws , WARN Act

Illinois Passes New Paid Leave Law for Virtually All Workers

With a passing vote from both the Illinois House and Senate on January 10, 2023, the new “Paid Leave for All Workers Act” is primed to become a new law guaranteeing almost all Illinois workers paid leave for any reason....more

1/17/2023 / Illinois , Paid Leave , Paid Time Off (PTO) , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour

The Illinois Workers’ Rights Amendment and its Impact on Illinois Employers

Background - Weeks of phone and text banks, TV and radio advertisements, thousands of door-to-door campaigners, as well as strong pro-labor lobbying resulted in the recent passage of the Illinois Workers’ Rights Amendment....more

12/16/2022 / Collective Bargaining , Employee Rights , Illinois , Labor Relations , NLRA

Madeline Remish

Saul Ewing LLP

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