The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) was recently updated by the U.S. House, voted on by the U.S. Senate, and signed into law by the president. It will take effect April 1, 2020. The FFCRA provides for both emergency paid sick leave and an expansion of FMLA ...
Read MoreIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Friday, March 13, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ...
View MoreCoronavirus is quickly spreading across the globe with confirmed infections exceeding 120,000 worldwide and growing daily. Many more individuals may ...
View MoreCOVID-19, commonly known as “Coronavirus,” has officially been categorized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Preparations for the ...
View MoreA recent trending topic on LinkedIn caught my eye: “minterns.” It’s clever shorthand for “middle-career interns,” a growing phenomenon, particularly ...
View MoreIllinois courts recently made two key decisions to explain the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). Passed in 2008 as a consumer protection ...
View MoreThe road to hell is paved with good intentions, and nowhere is that more apparent than in legislation. Illinois legislators expended great effort last ...
View MoreThe federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) contains salary thresholds over which some employees may be “exempt” from some of the Act’s regulations. ...
View MoreAs 2019 comes to a close, you want to end it right, while also looking toward the promise of 2020. Below is a sampling of our blog posts from the past ...
View MoreThe Illinois legislature has passed several new employment laws this last year. We previously wrote about the amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act ...
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