On March 23, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed The Employee Background Fairness Act (the “Act”) into law effective immediately. The new law amends the Illinois Human Rights Act, the…
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In White vs. United Airline, et al., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, whose jurisdiction includes Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana, recently ruled that employers may have to…
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is providing over $28 billion in additional support for restaurants. Grant size for eligible entities will be determined based on “pandemic-related revenue loss”…
Form I-9 Verification Flexibilities At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recognized that many employers would begin…
On January 6, 2021, the Department of Labor issued their final rule on independent contractor status, bringing clarity to the employee vs. independent contractor standard. The final rule sharpens this…
On Sunday, December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the new COVID-19 relief bill which contains a wide range of provisions in response to the continued pandemic that has affected the…
California Family Rights Act Currently, the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), like the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), covers employers with 50 or more employees for each working…
Effective January 1, 2021, Florida will require private employers to verify a person’s employment eligibility after the person accepts an offer of employment. Private employers can comply by either: using…
Effective September 30, 2020, employees of all private employers in the State of New York shall begin to accrue sick leave, although they will have to wait until January 1,…
In its 2020 Session, the Virginia General Assembly pushed forward legislation that makes sweeping changes to the state’s employment laws. On July 1, 2020, several Virginia laws went into effect…
