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Jun
26
2023
Illinois Adds Stronger Rights and Safety Protections for Day and Temporary Workers Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Aug
18
2021
Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Transgender Access to Restroom Facilities, Largest Ever Emotional Distress Award Made By Human Rights Commission Miller Canfield
Aug
7
2019
Illinois Bars Questions Of Wage History And Expands Equal Pay Act Protections Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
23
2012
Illinois Becomes Second State to Prohibit Employers from Requiring Access to Employees’ and Prospective Employees’ Social Media Web Sites Faegre Drinker
Oct
26
2017
Illinois Businesses Beware: Class Action Suits on the Rise for Alleged Violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mar
9
2013
Illinois Court Revives Whistleblower Act Claim of Employee Who Was Fired Following Fine Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
1
2022
Illinois CROWN Act Expands Human Rights Law to Ban Race-Related Hair Discrimination Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
5
2020
Illinois Department of Human Rights Releases Its Model Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
16
2022
Illinois Department of Labor Clarifies Amendments to Illinois Equal Pay Act Vedder Price
May
4
2022
Illinois Department of Labor Publishes Guidance for Employers Seeking Equal Pay Registration Certificate Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
11
2014
Illinois Eavesdropping Law Struck Down as Unconstitutional ArentFox Schiff LLP
Aug
3
2012
Illinois Employers Beware: New Law Prohibits Employers from Seeking Social Media Password Information Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
14
2021
Illinois Employers Must Dance a New Tango on Criminal Conviction Records Much Shelist, P.C.
Aug
13
2020
Illinois Employers Must Report Final Adverse Judgments, Administrative Rulings by October 31, 2020 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
31
2019
Illinois Enacts Artificial Intelligence Employment Law Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
8
2022
Illinois Enacts Law Banning Racial Discrimination Based on Hairstyle or Hair Texture Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
27
2021
Illinois Enacts Law Limiting Use of Criminal Conviction Records When Making Employment Decisions Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Aug
9
2012
Illinois Enacts Law Prohibiting Employers From Demanding Social Networking Passwords ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mar
24
2021
Illinois Enacts Stronger Anti-Discrimination and Equal Pay Laws Focusing On Criminal Convictions and Demographic Reporting Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
18
2022
Illinois Equal Pay Act’s Certification Requirement Extended to More Employers Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
10
2022
Illinois Expands Unpaid Child Bereavement Leave to Cover Additional Family Members, Losses Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
26
2023
Illinois Federal Court Grants Employer Summary Judgment on Several Types of Whistleblower Retaliation Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
26
2014
Illinois Federal Court Issues Reminder That "100% Healed" Requirements Violate ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Aug
22
2023
Illinois Governor Signs Pay Transparency Legislation Into Law Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
1
2021
Illinois Implements Substantial New Employer Obligations Vedder Price
Jan
22
2024
Illinois Imposes New Requirements on Employers Who Use Staffing Agencies Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
21
2023
Illinois is the Latest State to Enact a Salary Transparency Law Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
16
2014
Illinois Issues Required Employer Posting and Fact Sheet under Pregnancy Accommodations Law Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
30
2013
Illinois Joins Growing Cadre of States Recognizing Marriage Equality ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
9
2021
Illinois Lawmakers Pass Numerous Bills Affecting Employers Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
17
2021
Illinois Lawmakers Put Right of Workers to Unionize, Engage in Collective Bargaining on 2022 Ballot Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
24
2023
Illinois Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Disclosure of Pay Scales in Job Postings Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
29
2021
Illinois Limits Religious Objections to COVID Prevention Measures Miller Canfield
Mar
24
2021
Illinois Makes Significant Amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act, Equal Pay Act and Business Corporation Act Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
10
2014
Illinois Moves To Ban Criminal Background Questions From Job Applications Barnes & Thornburg LLP
 

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