The following is a summary of the 2018 legislative changes affecting school districts. Click here for a PDF of the entire summary or click the links below to review the specific topics. Vetoes and Amedatory Vetoes Student Discipline Report/Safe Schools […]
Category: Publications
Out With the New and in With the Old? Board Issues Proposed Rule Which Would Restore Prior Joint-Employer Standard
September 17, 2018
On Thursday, September 13, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) signaled its intent to return to its pre-Obama Board test for establishing joint-employer status. The Board issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register proposing to establish […]
Illinois Requires Paid Break Time for Nursing Moms
August 30, 2018
Last Friday, August 21, 2018, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed a bill amending the Illinois Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act (the “Act”) to provide paid break time to nursing mothers “as needed” to express milk during work hours. The new requirement took […]
USCIS recent policy changes, Part 1: USCIS extends premium processing suspension, reverses course on NTA issuance, and announces new RFE policy
August 29, 2018
On Tuesday, August 28, USCIS announced a broader suspension of premium processing for H-1B petitions filed by employers. This alert describes this suspension and its significant implications, particularly in light of two other recent policy changes: A new Request for […]
NLRB Upholds Employee’s Use of Offensive Language in Protest of Employer’s Overtime Policy
August 14, 2018
In Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC, the National Labor Relations Board recently ruled in a 2-1 decision that the employer unlawfully discharged an employee who had written “whore board” on an overtime sign-up sheet. Constellium had unilaterally implemented a new overtime […]
Ashley’s Law Allows Medical Cannabis in Illinois Schools
August 9, 2018
Starting on August 1st, students with medical marijuana cards may be administered cannabis products at school. Known as Ashley’s Law, the School Code now allows students to be given medical cannabis-infused products at school or on the school bus. A parent […]
Last week a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by a group of seven Cook County taxpayers challenging the time it has taken to adjudicate their claims in the Cook County Circuit […]
Records Containing Only Facts Are Not Subject to Section 7(1)(f) Predecisional Exemption
July 16, 2018
Recently, an Illinois Court of Appeals issued a decision mandating disclosure of assessment records from the Cook County Assessor’s Office to the Chicago Tribune under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). In this case, Chicago Tribune Company v. Cook County Assessor’s Office, […]