On March 13, 2023, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed new legislation requiring Illinois employers to provide employees up to 40 hours of paid leave within a 12-month period, which can be used for any reason. The new...
Category: Employment Spotlight
Yesterday, U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed new regulation prohibiting non-compete agreements in the workplace and requiring employers to rescind non-compete agreements currently in place.
Welcome to Q4 2022! We are wishing all of our SFBBG clients and friends a strong and successful close out to the year. As we look to the start of 2023, we would like to highlight a few significant new laws that take effect
June 20, 2022
What Employers Need to Know About the City of Chicago’s Amended Sexual Harassment Ordinance
In April of 2022, the City of Chicago’s City Council passed an amendment to the Municipal Code ordinance addressing sexual harassment in the workplace (the “Amendment”).
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a significant decision clarifying the scope of the Family & Medical Leave Act’s (“FMLA”) provision prohibiting employers from interfering with an...
