News & Analysis as of September 13, 2024

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The National Labor Relations Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1935 to prevent labor strife by encouraging collective bargaining, protecting concerted activity and curtailing certain unfair labor... more +

Illinois Joins Trend to Ban “Captive Audience” Meetings: 5 Steps Employers Can Take to Comply

Fisher Phillips on 8/7/2024

Illinois just became the latest state to ban employers from holding mandatory meetings with employees concerning religious or political matters, including discussions on union representation. Such employer-sponsored meetings,...more

Illinois Makes Move to Ban Employer-Sponsored Meetings

Littler on 8/5/2024

For over 75 years, the National Labor Relations Board and courts (including the U.S. Supreme Court) have held the right of employees to make informed choices about unions is best served when employers share competing...more

Federal Court Blocks Illinois Equal Pay Amendment: What Employers and Staffing Agencies Need to Know

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 3/28/2024

A federal court in Chicago recently granted a preliminary injunction enjoining the Illinois Department of Labor from enforcing one of several amendments made in August 2023 to the Illinois Day Labor and Temporary Labor...more

Illinois Governor Amends Labor Disputes Act

Littler on 6/27/2023

On June 9, 2023, Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker signed into law HB 2907 and HB 3396, amending the Illinois Labor Disputes Act (“Act”) to expand protections for striking workers. The new law restricts defensive measures...more

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

Saul Ewing LLP on 12/16/2022

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

Illinois’ “Workers’ Rights” Amendment: What is it?

Amundsen Davis LLC on 10/24/2022

Proposed Amendment 1 to the Illinois Constitution (the so-called “Workers’ Rights Amendment”), on the November 2022 ballot, formally reads as follows: Employees shall have the fundamental right to organize and to bargain...more

Illinois Excludes Employees Subject to CBA Provisions from ‘One Day Rest in Seven’ Requirements

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/7/2022

Illinois had amended its “One Day Rest in Seven” Act (ODRISA) to impose additional meal period, day of rest, and notice requirements on employers, and to significantly increase the potential civil penalties for violations of...more

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