Recently, the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed, in part, the dismissal of two claims under the Open Meetings Act (“OMA”) as time-barred under Section 3(a), which requires civil actions for OMA noncompliance to be filed within 60 days of the meeting […]
Category: Labor & Employment
Pritzker Signs Paid Leave For All Workers Act
March 14, 2023
Governor Pritzker has signed into law the recently passed “Paid Leave for All Workers Act” (“PLAWA”), guaranteeing paid time off for virtually all working Illinoisans. Set to go into effect on January 1, 2024, the PLAWA will provide a minimum […]
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Highly Compensated “Daily Rate” Employees Entitled to Overtime under FLSA
February 28, 2023
In a reminder that it takes more than a big paycheck to be exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), the U.S. Supreme Court held in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt that a […]
Illinois Supreme Court Doubles Down on Liability for BIPA Claims
February 20, 2023
On Friday, February 17, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court issued another blockbuster ruling interpreting the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). In a 4 to 3 decision, the Court in Cothorn v. White Castle Systems held that a violation of the […]
Illinois Supreme Court Opens Door for More Actions Under BIPA
February 13, 2023
The Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (“BIPA”) has been a fertile source of class action litigation in recent years as courts continue to grapple with the scope of potential liability of private sector employers and other entities that have collected and/or […]
Nine Franczek Attorneys Named to 2023 Super Lawyers List
February 7, 2023
Franczek P.C. is pleased to announce that the following attorneys have been included in the 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers list. No more than five percent of the lawyers in Illinois are selected by Super Lawyers. Shelli Anderson Dana Fattore […]
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the 2023 Omnibus Spending Bill into law. Buried in the legislation were two new laws providing additional protection for pregnant and nursing employees in the workplace: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) and […]
On January 5, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a proposal to broadly ban employers from limiting their employees’ post-employment activities through non-compete agreements or “de facto” non-compete provisions. Employers often use these agreements to prevent their employees from […]