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- Enhancing Corporate Transparency: Corporate Transparency Act Takes Effect January 1st
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- Illinois Paid Leave Act Will Require Illinois Employers To Provide Paid Leave Beginning January 1, 2024
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Category Archives: Employee Handbook
Illinois Employers Must Provide
Sexual Harassment Training By December 31, 2020
On January 1, 2021, an amendment to the Illinois Human Rights Act takes effect, requiring all Illinois employers to provide sexual harassment training to employees. Restaurants and bars will be subject to additional, industry-specific mandates in the new year, which … Continue reading
Supreme Court Rules Federal Employment Laws Protect LGBTQ Employees From Discrimination
On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This decision resolves a longstanding … Continue reading
COVID-19 Guidance for Retail Businesses Entering Phase III
On June 3, 2020, Chicago joined the rest of Illinois by moving to Phase III of the State’s plan to reopen the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under this recovery phase, certain industries are allowed to reopen or expand their … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employee Handbook, Employment, Franchise, Restaurant
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Update: New Illinois Employment Laws Take Effect in 2020
Governor J.B. Pritzker has enacted several sweeping employment laws that will take effect starting at the beginning of 2020. A brief summary of the extensive changes are listed below: Workplace Transparency Act The Workplace Transparency Act (WTA) will take effect January … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Handbook, Employment, Hotel and Casino Employee Safety Act, Illinois Human Rights Act, MeToo, Restaurant, Sexual Harassment, Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act, Workplace Transparency Act
Tagged employment laws, hotel and casino employee safety act, IHRA, Illinois, Illinois human rights act, Pritzker, VESSA, victims' economic security and safety act, workplace transparency act, WTA
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#MeToo: Proposed Illinois Law Would Require Restaurant Employee Anti-Harassment Training
On February 15, 2019, Representative Ann M. Williams (D) introduced House Bill 3351, the Restaurant Anti-Harassment Act (the “Bill”). If it is enacted, the Bill would require all restaurants operating in Illinois to have a written sexual harassment training policy … Continue reading
Employers: Give Your Employee Handbook A New Year’s Check-Up
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is scrutinizing employee handbooks that violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the law that protects an employees’ collective bargaining and organizing rights. The NLRB looks for workplace rules that restrict—or could be construed … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Handbook, Employment, Franchisee, Franchisor
Tagged employee handbook, NLRA, NLRB
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New Illinois Law Renders Non-Compete Agreements for Low-Wage Employees “Illegal and Void”
On August 19, 2016, Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (the “Act”). The Act prohibits certain Illinois employers from entering into non-compete agreements with low-wage employees. The law takes effect January 1, 2017. The … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Handbook, Franchisee
Tagged employment agreement, non-compete, non-competition
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Defend Trade Secrets Act Creates Federal Jurisdiction Over Misappropriation Claims
Congress recently passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”), vesting federal courts with the power to hear trade secret theft disputes and act immediately to resolve them. The DTSA took effect May 12, 2016, and further empowers American innovators to … Continue reading
Every Employer’s Best Friend: The Employee Handbook
It’s a new year, and there’s no better time to create an employee handbook or update your existing one. A well-drafted employee handbook effectively communicates workplace expectations, policies and procedures to employees. When management follows its written policies and procedures, they … Continue reading