By: Madeline Remish and Sara Eber Fowler
Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective July 1, 2025, updates to several key Chicago employment laws go into effect, including (1) updates to the Chicago Fair Workweek employee coverage thresholds; (2) updates to the City’s minimum wage; and (3) new enforcement mechanisms and payout obligations for Chicago Paid Leave. In addition, the City’s employment posters have
Continue Reading Chicago’s Annual Employment Law Changes Are Coming July 1 — Are You Ready?By Sara Fowler
Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 21, 2021, the Chicago City Council unanimously passed an ordinance prohibiting retaliation against any employee who takes leave from work to get a COVID-19 vaccine, and requiring any employer that mandates its employees receive the vaccine to provide up to four hours of paid time off per dose.
Effective April 21, 2021,
Continue Reading The No Penalty Shot: Chicago Passes Vaccine Anti-Retaliation Ordinance
By Latoya R. Laing, Kevin M. Young, Tracy M. Billows, Sara Fowler
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance, arguably the most expansive law of its kind. When the law takes effect in July 2020, it will require covered employers to publish employee schedules at least ten days in advance
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By Robert T. Szyba, Gena B. Usenheimer, and Ryan B. Schneider
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 3, 2018, the New Jersey Senate Labor Committee unanimously advanced a bill that would require covered hotels to provide “panic devices” to certain employees. New Jersey joins the increasing number of jurisdictions considering or enacting this form of anti-sexual harassment legislation.
By Pamela Q. Devata , Robert T. Szyba, and Stacey L. Blecher
Seyfarth Synopsis: Over the past few years, restrictions regarding the use of credit checks by employers on applicants and employees have been passed at various state and municipal levels, and the federal government has indicated its own concerns of potential discriminatory impact of the use of
Continue Reading Using Credit Histories in Employment Decisions: An Overview of Divergent State & Local Requirements
By Christopher W. Kelleher, Rashal G. Baz, James L. Curtis, and Brent I. Clark,
Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 11, 2017, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance that will require Chicago hotels to provide certain staff with “panic buttons” and develop enhanced anti-sexual harassment policies.
In an effort to protect hotel employees from sexual harassment
Continue Reading Click for Backup: New Ordinance Requires Chicago Hotels to Provide Staff with “Panic Buttons”
Seyfarth Synopsis: Seyfarth’s Chicago Office hosted its Third Quarter Breakfast Briefing — an extremely well attended event.
On Tuesday, September 12, 2017, five attorneys from our Chicago Labor and Employment team presented to a packed house of guests. The group offered an overview of, and their insights on, new and pending legislation impacting Illinois employers, generally, and those within
Continue Reading Illinois Labor and Employment Law Update – What Employers Need To Know