The Department of Labor recently announced that it has advanced a set of high-priority actions designed to “reduce unnecessary burdens on employers and employees,” with

Under the Illinois Employee Blood and Organ Donation Act, employers with 51 or more employees must provide leave to a “participating employee” to donate blood

Regarding an employee’s personal use of employer-provided electronic devices, Illinois has amended the state’s Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA) as follows: These changes

Illinois has voted to expand Illinois’ prevailing-wage mandate to additional projects. Specifically, House Bill 1189 applies Illinois’ prevailing-wage requirements on federally funded projects when the

Under the Illinois Human Rights Act, when a civil rights violation charge is filed with the Department of Human Rights, the Department is required to

The Department of Labor has published limited interpretive guidance to help small employers select high-quality, low-cost “pooled employer plans” or “PEPs.” Here is an Executive

In New Jersey, an employer generally cannot require an employee to attend mandatory meetings on political or religious matters. This is what is commonly referred

Citing the need and urgency to develop targeted public policy tools to disrupt and prevent retail theft in grocery and drug store establishments, the City

The Illinois Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (ISERRA) requires an employer to reinstate and reemploy returning employees under the same terms and conditions

Illinois has amended the state’s Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act, under which employers must provide break time to an employee who needs to express

Effective immediately, the Illinois Human Rights Act has been amended to provide for civil penalties when an employer commits a civil rights violation, as follows:

Illinois has passed the “Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act.” The details of the Act are as follows: The Act is effective beginning June 1,