Laura Lefkow-Hynes

November 28, 2022 What Do I Need to Know about Illinois’ New Work Rest Requirements?
Category: Employment Law, For Employees, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Positive Work Environment, Workplace culture
October 25, 2022 The Brave New World of Employment Agreements: Ending Forced Arbitration
Category: #MeToo, Arbitration, Contract Law, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Legal Changes, Positive Work Environment, sexual harassment, Women in the Workplace
September 19, 2022 “Fundamental Principles Should Not Be Up for Grabs”: Justice Elena Kagan Reflects on the Supreme Court
Category: Courts, Government, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Supreme Court
February 22, 2022 New Guidance on Long Covid and the ADA
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, EEOC, For Employees, For Employers, Laura Lefkow-Hynes
February 21, 2022 How to Advocate for Your Safety in the Workplace
Category: Accommodation, ADA, ADEA, Anti-Discrimination, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Discrimination, EEOC, Employee Relations, Employment Law, For Employees, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, NLRA, OSHA, Positive Work Environment, Title VII
February 18, 2022 What If You (Or Your Employee) Cannot Risk Exposure to COVID-19? How to Request (and Grant) a Reasonable Accommodation for COVID-19
Category: Accommodation, ADA, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment Law, Laura Lefkow-Hynes
October 22, 2021 No Day at the Beach for Chicago Lifeguards Who Faced Sexual Harassment
Category: #MeToo, Government, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, sexual harassment, Women in the Workplace, Workplace training
September 28, 2021 Businesses Respond to the Texas Abortion Law
Category: Company Values, Employee Relations, Financial aid, Government, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Legal Changes, Politics, Supreme Court, Women in the Workplace
August 27, 2021 Can Employers Raise Health Insurance Premiums for Unvaccinated Workers?
Category: Coronavirus, COVID-19, For Employees, For Employers, Healthcare, Human Resources, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Matt Tedeschi
July 23, 2021 New “Just Cause” Laws Protect NYC Fast-Food Workers from Arbitrary Terminations. Could This Be the Beginning of a Trend?
Category: Employment Law, For Employees, For Employers, Human Resources, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Legal Changes, Workplace discipline, Wrongful Termination
May 24, 2021 Illinois Employers Face New Requirements for EEO Compliance, Equal Pay, and Criminal Records
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Compliance , Diversity, EEOC, Employment Law, Equal Pay, For Employers, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Legal Changes
April 27, 2021 After the George Floyd Trial, Support Your Employees by Starting the Anti-Racist Conversation
Category: Anti-Discrimination, Company Values, Diversity, Employment Law, For Employers, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Positive Work Environment, Race, Workplace culture
April 09, 2021 Pregnant Workers May Gain Increased Protections
Category: ADA, Company Values, Disability, Discrimination, Employment Law, For Employees, Human Resources, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Pregnancy, Women in the Workplace
April 09, 2021 New Prejudgment Interest Bill Awaits Signature
Category: Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Legal Changes, Liability, Personal Injury
February 23, 2021 The 7th Circuit Has Broadened the Scope of the Lilly Ledbetter Act
Category: Employment Law, Equal Pay, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Wage Claims, Wage Gap, Wages, Women in the Workplace
December 18, 2020 Our Judges Need to Be Protected Now—and Here’s How
Category: Congress, Courts, Government, Judicial security, Laura Lefkow-Hynes, Privacy