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 two, the Biden administration shook things up at the National Labor Relations Board […]
Tell a Lie and All Your Truths Become Questionable: Appellate Court Orders an Untruthful Officer to be Fired On Public Policy Grounds
January 25, 2021
On December 24, 2020, the Illinois Appellate Court First District ruled that it is the public policy of the State of Illinois that police officers are to be honest and truthful in conducting their police duties. In City of Country […]
Last Gasps and Opening Salvos: The End and Beginning of a New Era in Title IX, Part 1
January 25, 2021
Originally posted to our Title IX Insights Blog. At the beginning of last week, Donald Trump was President of the United States and we were being flooded with last minute Title IX and civil rights guidance from the outgoing Department […]
Biden Labor and Employment Activity in the First 48 Hours
January 22, 2021
During the first 100 days of the new administration, each Friday we will be providing a run-down of significant initiatives and events that will impact employers. We already have much to report. President Biden hit the ground running in his […]
Biden Directs OSHA to Step Up COVID-19 Safety Measures by February 4
January 22, 2021
On his second day in the Oval Office, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety directing the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to intensify its efforts to protect employees from COVID-19 infection in the […]
Sexual Harassment Amounts to Immoral Conduct Warranting Dismissal of Tenured Teacher
January 21, 2021
In a recent Illinois case, the Second District Appellate Court affirmed a school board’s termination of a tenured teacher who sexually harassed students on the girls’ track team he coached. The students alleged that the teacher made sexual and other […]
Physical Restraint and Time Out Update
January 21, 2021
Originally posted to our Special Education Law Insights Blog. Prior to winter break, we wrote about proposed legislation that would further limit the use of physical restraint and time out in Illinois schools. While many expected the bill to pass during the lame duck […]
State Legislature Passes Black Caucus Education Bill
January 20, 2021
After months of hearings on educational policies aimed at addressing racial inequities in education and a short lame duck session, the Black Caucus’s education bill has passed both houses and now awaits the Governor’s signature. The bill has implications for […]