Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 13 Nov 2023
On Nov. 9, 2023, the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, requiring Chicago employers to double…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 22 Jun 2023
On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) issued a policy statement on the use of biometric information under its regulatory powers…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 24 Feb 2023
On Feb. 17, 2023, in the case of Cothron v. White Castle System, 2023 IL 128004, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a seminal decision as it relates…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 12 May 2022
This week Meta, formerly known as Facebook, announced that it has disabled augmented reality effects, including filters and avatars, for its users in…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 16 Mar 2020
On Saturday, March 14, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill providing sweeping measures to help address the impact of the COVID-19…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 10 Jun 2019
On May 29, 2019, the Illinois General Assembly passed House Bill 834. The bill amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003 by restricting employers from…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 6 Jun 2019
On June 2, 2019, the Illinois General Assembly approved the Workplace Transparency Act (WTA), providing further prohibitions concerning sexual…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 4 Jan 2019
On Jan. 2, 2019, a federal court in Missouri held that the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) recent opinion letter rescinding the 80/20 rule was not…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 23 May 2018
On Monday, May 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis that employers may require their employees to submit their…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 16 May 2018
The federal Equal Pay Act has long prohibited employers from paying men and women different wages for substantially equal work. At the same time…