Illinois Employers Now Required to Permit Use of Company Devices for Recording Crimes of Violence

The Illinois Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA) provides leave benefits for victims of violent crime, including domestic, sexual, and gender violence. Under the law, leave is also available to employees whose family or household members are victims of crimes of violence, and it applies to all Illinois employers. More ›

Presidential Executive Order Seeks to Eliminate Disparate Impact Liability: Here’s What Employers Need to Know

On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy (the “EO”), marking a significant shift in federal civil rights enforcement.

The EO directs federal agencies to eliminate or deprioritize disparate impact liability “to the maximum degree possible,” fundamentally realigning federal enforcement around intentional discrimination and away from statistical disparities alone. More ›

Employers Must Comply With Key Changes Made to the Requirements of the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act

A recent amendment signed into law on August 15, 2025, will expand the protections and scope of the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act (WTA) in several important ways. The law, originally enacted in 2019, ushered in a number of new regulations and amendments to existing laws with the goal of further preventing harassment and discrimination in the workforce. More ›

Understanding Illinois’ New NICU Leave Law: Key Takeaways for Employers

With the passage of the Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act (the “Act”), Illinois employers must comply with new obligations when supporting employees during a critical time—the hospitalization of a newborn in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Effective June 1, 2026, this law expands protected leave available to eligible employees and requires employers to take proactive steps to comply. More ›

Seventh Circuit Ruling Provides Employers With Greater Leverage to Challenge Collective Actions and Limit Exposure

The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Richards v. Eli Lilly & Co., 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 19667 (7^th Cir. 2025) significantly changes how federal courts within the circuit will handle collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). More ›