Last year, an Illinois Circuit Court overturned a Public Access Counselor opinion that found that the Board of Education of Springfield School District No. 186 violated the Open Meetings Act when it voted on the separation agreement of the former […]
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City Not Liable For Chicago Police Officers’ Blackberry Work Time
December 21, 2015
If a tree falls in the forest but there is no one around to hear, does it make a sound? If a non-exempt worker answers an e-mail message after hours on her Blackberry but fails to put in for overtime, […]
Out with the Old and In with the New: President Obama Replaces No Child Left Behind with the Every Student Succeeds Act
December 15, 2015
After a controversial 13-year reign, the No Child Left Behind Act (“NCLB”) has come to an end. Last Thursday, after a bipartisan vote of 85-12 the day before in the U.S. Senate, President Obama signed into law the Every Student […]
OSERS Issues Special Education Guidance
December 9, 2015
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS), part of the United States Department of Education, recently issued two Dear Colleague letters, one related to students with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia, and one related to aligning IEP goals with state academic […]
The NLRB’s New Target: FLSA Settlement Agreements
December 2, 2015
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) has once again weighed in on employer use of confidentiality and non-disparagement language, this time in the settlement arena. Recently, the NLRB withheld its approval of a global settlement of Fair […]
New Exemption Rules May Be Delayed To Late 2016
November 19, 2015
Waiting is the hardest part. Ever since the Department of Labor issued its proposal to substantially increase the minimum salary level needed to classify an employee as an exempt executive, administrative or professional employee, employers have been asking when the […]
ISBE Issues Guidance on Teacher Resignations
November 12, 2015
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has issued non-regulatory guidance regarding the application of Section 24-14 of the Illinois School Code to teacher resignations. Section 24-14 of the School Code provides that a teacher “who has entered into contractual continued service” […]
Friendly Reminder: The Computer Employee Exemption
November 6, 2015
We recently received a question regarding whether an employer could classify certain IT employees as exempt under the Computer Employee exemption. With the long-awaited final DOL overtime rules for the white collar exemptions yet to make their appearance, we thought […]