OOO: While You Were Out, Chicago Called to Tell You About New Anti-Harassment Obligations Summertime often means summer hours and time out of the office. As such, some employers may have missed that the City of Chicago recently amended its sexual harassment ordinance...
2022 Ushers in Sweeping Restrictions on Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreements For those employers looking to think, talk and worry about something besides COVID-19, we have just the topic: the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. In August 2021, Governor Pritzker...
Employment Law Alert Illinois Bias Law Now Covers Criminal Convictions Illinois employers now have yet another law to navigate. The state human rights statute now bans discrimination based on a candidate’s or employee’s criminal conviction unless the employer can show...
Employment Law Alert Lack of Secrecy Dooms Employer’s Suit to Stop Form Sales Reps’ Use of Customer Lists The Illinois Trade Secrets Act (ITSA) prohibits misappropriation of trade secrets and allows recovery of attorneys’ fees in suits to enforce the Act....
Employment Law Alert Illinois Supreme Court Adopts Religious Ministerial Exemption We’ve written about court decisions applying judicial doctrines under the First Amendment to bar some types of employment claims against religious entities. The Illinois Supreme Court...
Employment Law Alert Illinois Supreme Court Confirms Retaliatory Discharge Applies Only to At-Will Employees More than 40 years ago, the Illinois Supreme Court first recognized the tort of retaliatory discharge as an exception to the general rule that an “at-will”...
