Legal Updates

• Practices: Labor & Employment

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• Q&A: Chicago Employers Confront Significant New Mandatory Paid Leave Requirements Effective January 1, 2024
  Insights for Employers
  November 10, 2023 | Updated, November 13, 2023
• How a Partial Government Shutdown Would Impact Employers and Business Immigration Services
  Insights for Employers
  September 28, 2023
• USCIS Releases New Form I-9 and Permits Remote Verification for E-Verify Employers
  Insights for Employers
  August 9, 2023
• A Pair Beats Four of a Kind: Take-Home COVID and the 'Rowland' Duty Factors
  Insights for Employers
  July 13, 2023
• Illinois Supreme Court Affirms That Federal Labor Law Preempts Plaintiff's BIPA Claim
  Insights for Employers
  March 23, 2023
• FTC Announcement That it Plans to Ban Noncompetes Generates Employment Law Shockwave
  Insights for Employers
  January 9, 2023
• Reviewing Employer Health Plan Coverages in the Post-Roe Era
  Insights for Employers
  July 8, 2022
• USCIS Announces Increased Automatic Extension Period for Certain EAD Applicants
  Insights for Employers
  May 10, 2022
• U.S. Senate Approves Bill That Makes Mandatory Arbitration Provisions Unenforceable in Cases of Sexual Assault or Sexual Harassment
  Insights for Employers
  February 11, 2022
• Illinois Supreme Court Rules the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act Does Not Bar BIPA Claims When No Actual Damages Are Alleged
  Insights for Employers
  February 4, 2022
• SCOTUS Reimposes National Stay on Enforcement of OSHA's COVID-19 ETS
  Insights for Employers
  January 14, 2022
• FAQs on New Chicago Ordinance Requiring Written Employment Contracts for Domestic Workers
  Insights for Employers
  January 13, 2022
• Now is the Time to Prepare for the H-1B Cap Season
  Insights for Employers
  January 11, 2022
• Sixth Circuit Dissolves Nationwide Stay of OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard, Compliance Deadlines Back in Effect
  Insights for Employers
  December 19, 2021
• Kentucky Court Enjoins Enforcement of Biden's Executive Order 14042 Mandating COVID Vaccine for Federal Contractors
  Insights for Employers
  December 1, 2021 | Updated December 7, 2021
• Florida Governor DeSantis Signs a New Florida Law Governing COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates
  Insights for Employers
  November 22, 2021
• Sixth Circuit Selected in Lottery Process to Preside Over Legal Challenges to OSHA's Vaccination ETS
  Insights for Employers
  November 17, 2021
• Fifth Circuit Grants Stay of OSHA's Mandatory Vaccination ETS, Voices "Grave Statutory and Constitutional" Concerns
  Insights for Employers
  November 15, 2021
• FAQs: CMS Issues Emergency Regulation Mandating Workforce COVID-19 Vaccinations by Medicare/Medicaid-Certified Providers and Suppliers
  Health Care Alert
  November 9, 2021
• OSHA Issues ETS Requiring Employee COVID-19 Vaccinations
  Insights for Employers
  November 5, 2021 | Updated November 10, 2021, December 1, 2021
• Employer FAQs: Biden Administration Announces Plans to Replace COVID-19 Travel Bans With Vaccination and Testing Requirements
  Insights for Employers
  September 23, 2021
• Frequently Asked Questions About the Illinois Freedom to Work Act
  Insights for Employers
  June 9, 2021
• Frequently Asked Questions Employers Have About the New CDC COVID-19 Guidelines
  Insights for Employers
  May 18, 2021
• Why Employers Need to Pay Special Attention to the Protect the Right to Organize Act of 2021
  Insights for Employers
  April 22, 2021
• New COBRA Rules Require Employer Action, Impose Significant Noncompliance Penalties
  Insights for Employers
  April 13, 2021
• Biden Administration Executive Order Underlines Benefits of an LGBTQ Anti-Harassment Training Program
  Insights for Employers
  February 4, 2021
• Federal Court in California Blocks as Unlawful New DHS/DOL Rules That Would Severely Restrict H-1B Visas
  Insights for Employers
  December 4, 2020
• What Might Immigration Law Look Like in a Biden Administration
  Insights for Employers
  November 16, 2020
• Five Issues for Employers to Consider as Political and Social Activism Surges in the Workplace
  Insights for Employers
  September 21, 2020
• DOL Issues Temporary Rule, Clarifies Paid Leave Under Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  Insights for Employers
  September 15, 2020
• IRS Issues Guidance on Presidential Memorandum Payroll Tax Deferral Opportunity
  Hinshaw Alert
  September 11, 2020
• Federal Court in New York Strikes Down Key Provisions of DOL's FFCRA Final Rule
  Insights for Employers
  August 7, 2020
• OSHA Guidance on Preparing to Return to Work Includes Recommendations for White Collar Businesses
  Insights for Employers
  May 18, 2020
• Early COVID-19 Liability Suits Raise Employment Practices Liability Insurance Issues
  Insights for Insurers
  May 12, 2020
• EEOC Provides COVID-19 Guidance for Employers on Excluding High Risk Employees from the Workplace
  Insights for Employers
  May 11, 2020
• CARES Act Program Expands Scope of Educational Assistance Plans to Include Employer Repayments of Student Loans
  Insights for Employers
  April 30, 2020
• Additional FAQs Regarding Employer Compliance and COVID-19
  Insights for Employers
  April 29, 2020
• New Guidance Provided by EEOC Regarding COVID-19 Testing of Employees
  Insights for Employers
  April 24, 2020
• Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Notice of Emergency Amendment Regarding COVID-19
  Insights for Employers
  April 15, 2020
• DOL Clarifies Exceptions under FFCRA in Updated FAQ
  Insights for Employers
  April 3, 2020
• CARES Act Provides Massive Financial Relief to Small Businesses and Expands Unemployment Benefits for Workers
  Insights for Employers
  April 1, 2020 | Updated on April 10, 2010
• U.S. Department of Labor Issues Families First Coronavirus Response Act Notice and FAQ
  Insights for Employers
  March 26, 2020
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  Insights for Employers
  March 19, 2020
• Employer FAQs for COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
  Insights for Employers
  March 18, 2020
• Are Law Firm Mandatory Retirement Policies Enforceable? In This Instance – Yes.
  Lawyers for the Profession®
  December 5, 2019
• Small- and Medium-Sized Illinois Employers: Deadlines Fast Approaching for Illinois Secure Choice Act Registration
  Insights for Employers
  June 21, 2019
• An Employer's Guide to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
  Insights for Employers
  January 17, 2019
• New York Implements State and City Laws Further Expanding Employee Protections
  July 26, 2018
• New Tax Law Provides Employer Tax Credit for Compensation Paid to Employees While on Family and Medical Leave
  Employment Alert
  February 1, 2018
• No Tax Deduction for Confidential Settlements of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Abuse Claims—Effective Immediately
  December 28, 2017
• Employers Beware – July 1 Paid Sick Leave Deadline is Here
  June 30, 2017
• CMS Proposes Rule to Reverse Pre-Dispute Binding Arbitration Ban
  Long-Term Care Alert
  June 12, 2017
• Employers Beware – July 1 Paid Sick Leave Deadline Approaching
  June 1, 2017
• Overtime Expansion Over? Texas District Court Issues Nationwide Injunction of Expanded Federal Overtime Rules
  Employment Practices Alert
  November 23, 2016
• Paid Sick Leave Is Coming to Chicago: Mark Your Calendars for July 1, 2017
  Employment Practices Alert
  June 23, 2016
• What Employers Need to Know About Shrinking Overtime Exemptions
  Employment Practices Alert
  May 19, 2016
• Workers' Comp Plaintiff Attorneys Might Be Getting a Bigger Payday in Florida
  Employment Practices Alert
  April 22, 2016
• EEOC Announces Plan to Begin Collecting Pay Data on EEO-1 Reports
  Employment Practices Alert
  February 1, 2016
• Labor Department's Expanded Overtime and Minimum Wage Coverage For Home Health Care Workers is Revised
  Health Law Alert
  September 10, 2015
• Click to Agree? NLRB Will Accept Electronic Signatures in Union Organizing Efforts
  Employment Practices Alert
  September 9, 2015
• Chicago Minimum Wage Hike Is Here: Are You Ready?
  Employment Practices Alert
  June 12, 2015
• Cook County Employers Prohibited from Making Employment-Related Decisions Based on Credit History
  Employment Practices Alert
  May 28, 2015
• A Second Illinois Appellate Court Finds Physician Restrictive Covenant Unenforceable
  Health Law Alert
  April 24, 2015
• IDHR Publishes New Mandatory "Pregnancy Rights" Poster; Employers Must Modify Handbooks
  Employment Practices Alert
  December 18, 2014
• Executive Summary - Recent Presidential Action on Immigration System Reform
  Employment Practices Alert
  November 24, 2014
• New Illinois Law Limits An Employer's Ability to Conduct Criminal Background Checks of Job Applicants
  Employment Practices Alert
  July 22, 2014
• EEOC Issues Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination, Suggesting New Pregnancy Accommodation Requirements
  Employment Practices Alert
  July 18, 2014
• Supreme Court Finds NLRB Recess Appointments Were Invalid
  Employment Practices Alert
  June 26, 2014
• New San Francisco Law Limits Employer Background Checks
  Employment Practices Alert
  April 22, 2014
• NLRB Déjà vu: If At First You Don't Succeed…
  Employment Practices Alert
  February 11, 2014
• October 1 Deadline Approaching for Employers to Issue "Notice of Coverage Options" to Employees
  September 12, 2013
• Surprise Announcement From Treasury Department Delays Employer 'Pay or Play' Mandate for One Year
  Employment Practices Alert
  July 3, 2013
• Employment Practices Alert - Supreme Court Edition
  Employment Practices Alert
  June 25, 2013
• Federal Court Holds that Hospitals Providing HMO Services to Federal Employees are Federal Contractors at the Same Time the OFCCP Appears to Increase Its Focus on Auditing Health Care Providers
  Employment Practices Alert
  April 10, 2013
• USCIS Issues New Version of Form I-9 for Immediate Use
  Employment Practices Alert
  March 11, 2013
• Election Day Leave for Illinois Employees
  Employment Practices Alert
  October 25, 2012
• 7th Circuit: ADA Requires Employer to Reassign Disabled Employee to Vacant Position
  Employment Practices Alert
  September 11, 2012
• National Labor Relations Board Identifies New Test for Assessing Bargaining Units in Non-Acute Care Facilities
  Employment Practices Special Alert
  August 31, 2011
• Supreme Court Rejects Massive Class Action Against Wal-Mart
  Employment Practices Special Alert
  June 20, 2011
• June 30th Plan Amendment Deadline for Cafeteria Plans Is Quickly Approaching
  Employment Practices Special Alert
  June 7, 2011
• California Supreme Court Limits the "Stray Remarks" Doctrine in Discrimination Cases
  Labor & Employment
  August 9, 2010
• Employment Practices Alert
  June 18, 2010
• HHS Issues Draft Application for New Early Retiree Reimbursement Program
  Hinshaw Alert
  June 8, 2010
• Health Care Reform: What Employers Need to Know Now
  Employment Practices Special Alert
  April 26, 2010
• California Employment Alert
  Insights for Employers
  March 23, 2010
• California Employment Alert
  Labor & Employment
  January 27, 2010