Since our previous alert regarding the Teachers’ Retirement System’s Supplemental Savings Plan, we have had productive discussions with many business managers, IASA, IASBO, and TRS about problems with the Plan and the agreement which TRS has presented for approval by […]
Each Friday during the first 100 days of the new administration, we will provide a recap of significant initiatives and events that will impact employers. In week five, the Administration’s labor and employment activity includes a new NLRB General Counsel […]
In a recent decision, Cheli v. Taylorville Community School District, the Seventh Circuit held that a school district violated a former employee’s due process rights when it terminated him without cause. The court reasoned that the former employee’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA) stated that […]
The Illinois Department of Revenue recently released the tentative 2020 Cook County equalization factor, also known as the multiplier. The preliminary factor is 3.0861. The ten-year history of preliminary and final equalization factors is summarized below. Tax Year Tentative Multiplier […]
Originally posted to our Special Education Insights Blog. ISBE has proposed amendments to the current rules regarding special education. These amendments generally track recent changes in the School Code, including PA 101-0643: Changes related to RTI and MTSS, providing written materials 3 […]
Each Friday during the first 100 days of the new administration, we will provide a recap of significant initiatives and events that will impact employers. In week four, the Administration’s labor and employment activity includes further reversal of Trump era […]
Earlier this week, the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System sent out forms and instructions for its new Supplemental Savings Plan. Essentially, the Plan is a program for the deferral of income taxes on a portion of the compensation of teachers and […]
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued enhanced COVID-19 safety guidance to help employers and their employees implement a COVID-19 prevention program and better identify risks which could lead to exposure and infection. On January 21, President […]
