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 […]
Nine Franczek Attorneys Named to 2021 Super Lawyers List
February 12, 2021
Franczek P.C. is pleased to announce that the following attorneys have been included in the 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers list. No more than five percent of the lawyers in Illinois are selected by Super Lawyers. Dana Fattore Crumley J. Todd […]
Love in the Time of COVID: Workplace Romance in Reel Life and Real Life
February 12, 2021
In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, SHRM published an article highlighting a new survey on office romances. Among the key findings of the survey: 34% of employees are or have been in a workplace romance, compared to 26% in the previous […]
Last Gasps and Opening Salvos: The End and Beginning of a New Era in Title IX, Part 2
February 12, 2021
President Joseph Biden has been in office for over three weeks, bringing more changes in the realm of Title IX. Where are we now, what do we need to know and do, and what is expected to come? This is […]
Last Gasps and Opening Salvos: The End and Beginning of a New Era in Title IX, Part 2
February 12, 2021
President Joseph Biden has been in office for over three weeks, bringing more changes in the realm of Title IX. Where are we now, what do we need to know and do, and what is expected to come? This is […]
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 […]
New Rules for Qualified Interpreters in Effect
February 10, 2021
ISBE has adopted new rules to support parent participation in IEP meetings by requiring districts to arrange for and fund “qualified interpreters” for parents whose native language is other than English. We have heard concern from many clients that they […]
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 three, the Biden administration continued its full court press on labor and employment […]