In January 2023, Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Illinois Reproductive Health Act (RHA) into law, granting increased insurance coverage for...

In April 2024, the Department of Labor published its final rule regarding salary thresholds applicable to the most commonly used overtime...

Yesterday, a Texas federal judge issued a nationwide injunction preventing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from enforcing its...

These aren’t the easiest times to be an employer in Illinois. On Aug. 9, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an amendment to the Illinois Human...

Many employers have made the shift from traditional paid time off (PTO) policies allocating a specific number of days for vacation, sick...

Effective Aug. 6, 2024, recreational marijuana is legal in Ohio and is being sold in 98 dispensaries around the state. While medical...

On Aug. 1, 2024, the Illinois Worker Freedom of Speech Act was signed into law. Despite the new law’s name, the act, which goes into...

Employers have long been required by the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) to report the amount of money spent on the...

Illinois is one of only a few states that protects conviction records in its anti-discrimination statute. Specifically, the Illinois...

The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) rule banning non-competes is scheduled to go into effect on Sept. 4, 2024. Although practitioners...

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Starbucks v. McKinney clarifying the standards courts must use when evaluating...

The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce's Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing in...

As of July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) instituted a significant change affecting the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA)...

One area where American values of freedom and independence are continually tested is in the realm of labor and employment law. On July 3,...

June is Pride month, a time when many employers look to incorporate new ways to show support for the LGBTQ+ community, including...

While most of the country has been under a record-breaking heat wave, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has...