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Chicago Expands Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

By Steven J. Pearlman, Edward Young and Dakota D. Treece on Posted in Workplace Policies and Procedures
Effective August 1, 2021, the City of Chicago’s Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance was amended to provide for additional uses of paid sick leave for eligible employees.  Under the Amended Ordinance, an employee who works at least 80 hours for an employer within any 120-day period while physically present within the geographic boundaries … Continue Reading

Chicago Passes Ordinance Requiring Hotels to Provide “Panic Buttons” To Certain Employees

By Edward Young and Steven J. Pearlman on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation
On October 11, 2017, the Chicago City Council passed the Hotel Workers Sexual Harassment Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which requires Chicago hotels to develop anti-sexual harassment policies and provide employees who work alone in hotel rooms with panic buttons. Employers who fail to comply with these requirements or retaliate against employees for invoking the Ordinance’s protections … Continue Reading

Chicago Task Force Proposes 5 Days Of Paid Sick Leave For Employees

By Edward Young and Steven J. Pearlman on Posted in Leaves of Absences, Workplace Policies and Procedures
Poised to join the increasing number of cities that require paid sick leave, the Working Families Task Force (commissioned by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel) recently recommended that employees in Chicago be allowed to earn at least 5 paid sick days each year. The task force is comprised of 27 members, including business, government and worker … Continue Reading

Cook County, Illinois Amends Human Rights Ordinance To Limit Credit Checks

By Daniel Saperstein and Steven J. Pearlman on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Hiring/Background Checks, Workplace Policies and Procedures
Cook County, Illinois enacted a bill (No. 15-3088) that amends the Cook County Human Rights Ordinance to restrict employers from asking about or otherwise considering a prospective or current employee’s credit history in employment decisions.  The new ordinance took effect yesterday.  It is nearly identical to laws in Illinois and Chicago that were enacted a … Continue Reading

Chicago Proposes “Banning the Box”

By Daniel Saperstein, K.M. Zouhary and Nigel F. Telman on Posted in Hiring/Background Checks, Workplace Policies and Procedures
Only a few months after Illinois “banned the box” for private employers, Chicago’s city council has proposed to do the same.  “Ban the box” refers to a movement that seeks to remove the check box from job applications asking whether or not the applicant has a prior criminal history.  Like the Illinois law, Chicago’s proposal … Continue Reading
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