The Illinois Supreme Court today ruled in Dynak v. Board of Education of Wooddale School District 7 that a teacher’s use of paid sick leave for the birth of a child must be taken during the six-week period immediately following […]
New York Challenges FFCRA Leave Rules
April 16, 2020
On April 14, 2020, the State of New York filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor challenging the DOL’s regulations, governing implementation of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The FFCRA requires private employers with fewer than […]
To clear up some uncertainty in the language of the CARES Act’s Payroll Protection Program (“PPP”) and the subsequent interim final rules, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) which are available here. Highlighted below are some […]
Franczek P.C. Announces COVID-19 Resource Center
April 15, 2020
Our clients at Franczek P.C. have been uniquely impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health crisis. Employers—whether in the private or public sector, with hundreds or just a handful of employees, in Chicago or in every corner of […]
Illinois Adopts Sweeping Rule Presuming Workers’ Compensation Coverage for Coronavirus-Impacted Workers
April 14, 2020
On April 13, 2020, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC) issued an emergency rule creating a rebuttable presumption that first responders and other essential workers identified in Governor Pritzker’s March 20 Stay at Home Order who develop COVID-19 contracted it […]
COPPA, COVID, and EdTech: Essentials for Schools and Vendors
April 14, 2020
Education has moved online, and students as young as pre-kindergarten are engaging in hours of remote learning via educational technology each school day. This has led all of us to think about the myriad of state and federal laws that protect student privacy online even more than […]
As we discussed in alerts on March 16 and March 18, a recent Executive Order by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker suspended certain Open Meetings Act (OMA) requirements to allow flexibility on issues of quorum and remote attendance during board meetings. Guidance from the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (PAC) signaled that the PAC would support […]
Originally posted on our Special Education Law Insights Blog. Last fall, in response to serious concerns raised about the use of isolated time out and physical restraint in schools, ISBE issued emergency rules to limit the use of those behavior management techniques. Emergency rules are effective for up to 150 days […]