In the wake of the #MeToo Movement, the Illinois legislature and Governor J.B. Pritzker have enacted new legislation to prevent sexual harassment and unlawful discrimination in the workplace. The legislation changes existing laws and enacts ones,…
A recent decision of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals sensibly finds that an employer’s failure to address behavior problems immediately does not necessarily forfeit its right to count those “black marks” on the employee’s record when making…
On August 8, 2019, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its opinion that the FMLA covers employees’ attendance at meetings to discuss the Individualized Education Program (IEP) of their children.
Background. The employer denied a mother’s request…
On June 12, 2019, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals determined that obesity qualifies as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) only if it results from an underlying physiological disorder or condition.
Background. In …
On September 19, 2019, the Chicago District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a settlement agreement with CITGO Petroleum Corporation’s Lemont, Ill., refinery, to resolve allegations that CITGO violated the…
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended (Rehab Act) prohibits disability discrimination in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment, and in the employment practices of…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking yesterday with respect to current overtime regulations. The status of the DOL’s overtime regulations has been in limbo since 2016, when a final rule was issued changing the…
After months of employers wondering what would happen to the new overtime rule that was to go into effect on December 1, 2016, but was halted through an injunction issued by a federal district court, we have some new insight. But first, some…
On June 7, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it was withdrawing an Administrator’s Interpretation (Interpretation) issued just two years earlier, on July 15, 2015, which set forth criteria for determining whether a worker is an…
There have been major changes in the legal standard courts must use when evaluating employment discrimination disputes. In August, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (which governs federal courts in Indiana) clarified the proper legal standard for…
