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On Friday, August 9, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed SB 75, as part of a massive overhaul of employment laws that were passed by the Legislature earlier this year, and which we summarized previously. While requirements contained in this bill are...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

There is an increasing trend in legal challenges to an employer’s administration of a wellness program and whether that program violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). Both the ADA...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

On August 7, 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed multiple federal criminal search warrants at several agricultural processing plants across Mississippi as part of an ongoing HSI...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

The Department of Labor published final regulations on July 31, 2019, making it easier for multiple employers to band together to sponsor a single retirement plan (i.e., a multiple employer plan or MEP), thereby reducing the costs and administrative...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

The Illinois General Assembly recently passed a number of bills that will, if signed by Governor Pritzker, create new laws and amend existing laws that will significantly impact all Illinois employers and employees....By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

On July 23, 2019, the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance (Ordinance). This is one of the most expansive ordinances of its kind containing a myriad of requirements and penalties for non-compliance.  Here are the...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

On June 12, 2019, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in Richardson v. Chicago Transit Authority that extreme obesity only qualifies as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) if it was caused by an underlying physiological...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

The Trump Administration recently announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be conducting raids targeting undocumented immigrants in ten major U.S. cities, including Chicago. Employers should be aware that in addition to arresting...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

As expected, Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed the cannabis legalization bill that was passed along with a flurry of legislation last May.  As a result, employers will need to grapple with a number of issues before January 1, 2020....By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

As anticipated, on July 15, 2019, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) opened its portal for employers to manually file Component 2 EEO-1 Compensation Data (Component 2 data) for calendar years 2017 and 2018 via the Online Filing System...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.