Franczek P.C. is delighted to announce that partner and Labor & Employment Practice Group co-chair, Tracey Truesdale, has been elected a Fellow in the prestigious College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Now in its 25th year, the College of Labor […]
Category: Labor & Employment
Illinois Issues Phase 4 Guidelines and Business Toolkit
June 23, 2020
As all four regions of the State of Illinois work toward entering Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois Plan on June 26, 2020, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker released new guidelines today to help businesses and other activities safely reopen. The […]
Supreme Court Rules DACA to Continue—For Now
June 19, 2020
On June 18, 2020, The United States Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4, that the Trump Administration could not immediately shut down DACA, a program protecting nearly 700,000 young immigrants, many children, from Deportation. In Department of Homeland Security v. […]
The EEOC recently updated its COVID-19-related Q & A’s to assist employers in navigating “the new world” post-COVID-19 while complying with the federal anti-discrimination laws as employees return to work. The updated topics, summarized below, include guidance on antibody testing, […]
Today, in Bostock v. Clayton County, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling holding that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and transgender status in the workplace. The […]
On Friday, June 5, 2020, Governor Pritzker signed into law Public Act 101-0633, which amends the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act to create a rebuttable presumption that a first-responder or essential worker who contracts COVID-19 did so in the course of […]
Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act Provides PPP Loan Recipients Much Needed Relief
June 8, 2020
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) represented a lifeline to many businesses struggling to stay afloat amid the Coronavirus pandemic by providing forgivable loans to businesses to cover payroll and certain non-payroll costs. Unfortunately, businesses who were fortunate enough to obtain […]
DOL Withdraws Industry Lists from its Retail or Service Establishment Exemption Interpretative Rule
May 27, 2020
Originally posted on our Wage & Hour Insights Blog. I believe most would agree, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) interpretative guidance typically provides useful insight to employers navigating often tricky wage and hour laws. This was not the case with […]