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
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By Christopher W. Kelleher, Tracy M. Billows, and Joshua D. Seidman
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Illinois General Assembly will consider the proposed Healthy Workplace Act which, if passed into law, will require most Illinois employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees.
Illinois legislators have caught the paid sick leave bug that has been going around the
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Seyfarth Synopsis: Illinois enacts child bereavement leave, requiring employers provide paid leave should an employee experience the loss of a child.
On July 29, 2016, Illinois became one of only two states (the other being Oregon) to require certain employers provide unpaid leave to employees who suffer the loss of a child. Under the Illinois
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By: Marc R. Jacobs
On January 4, 2015, Governor Quinn signed into law the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program Act. With this law, Illinois becomes the first state to mandate a retirement savings plan for private sector employees. The Governor stated that this law responds to the problems resulting from the fact that 1/3 of Illinois retirees rely on Social
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When new management moves in to an organization, sweeping changes to standing company policies often result. The intention may be to signal a changing of the guard, to shake things up, or to simply update or improve internal processes. Whatever the reason, common sense must guide implementation of such broad changes (especially if made before new
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