Category: Illinois
Chicago Passes Sweeping New Paid Leave Ordinance
From JDSupra, Laura Friedel discusses the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance that applies…
Proliferating Pay Protection Laws Favoring Independent Contractors Create Perils for Businesses
From JDSupra, Janet Barsky and Richard Reibstein discuss the increase in the number of laws and ordinances…
New Illinois Law Protecting Independent Contractors in Fee Disputes Can Lead To Hefty Damages
From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein discusses the new Illinois statute that provides protections for freelanders and which imposes…
Illinois Add Freelancer Protection Act
The Illinois legislature recently passed and the Illinois govenor approved the Freelancer Protection Act which goes into…
Illinois Becomes the First State to Enact Protections for Freelance Workers
From JDSupra, Kerri Feczko, Darren Mungerson, and Matthew Ruza discuss the recent law in Illinois that provides…
State Law Can Serve as a Backstop to the Federal Arbitration Act
From JDSupra, John Phillips discusses a recent case in which Illiniois state law provided the basis for…
Contractual Choice of Law Provision Can’t Shield Employer From State Wage and Hour Class Action
From JDSupra, Suzanne Newcomb discusses a recent case in which the choice of law provision in an…
US Department of Labor serves up $188K in back wages, damages for 104 workers at three Chicago pizzerias as employer tries to defy investigators
Sarpinos also pays $75K penalty for violating FLSA for second time in six years CHICAGO – While Sarpino’s…
‘Independent Contractor’ Might Be a Trojan Horse
From the Chicago Business Attorney Blog, George Bellas discsusses a recent case in which a worker was…
Beware of the Illinois Employee who Insists on Independent Contractor Status
From Krieg DeVault, Nancy J. Townsend discusses an Illinois case in which the parties tried to set…
Lyft won big in California. Now it’s set its sights on Illinois.
From The Chicago Reader, Adam M. Rhodes discusses an initiative in Illinois by Lyft to support the classification…
Illinois Releases Model Training Program For Prevention Of Sexual Harassment
From JDSupra, Sarah Gasperini and Patrick Rocks report that the Illinois Department of Human Rights released a…
