In Groff v. DeJoy, the U.S. Supreme Court recently decided an employee religious-accommodations case that fundamentally shifts the legal standard under Title VII. An employee with a sincerely held religious…
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Athena Christofalos
As a partner in the firm, Tina Christofalos concentrates her school law practice on issues arising throughout all stages of the employment relationship.
UPDATE: Although the Seventh Circuit initially found that a school district is not required to accommodate the teacher's religious objections to using students' preferred pronouns where there is evidence of…
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***Corrections noted 3/18/24*** On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed Public Law 117-328, which included both the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing…
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In Scanlon v. Ignite, Org., the appellate court held that the Illinois Personnel Record Review Act (“Act”) does not require an employer to mail copies of an employee’s personnel record…
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In Board of Education for Rockford Public School District No. 205 v. Illinois State Board of Education, et al., the appellate court held that Rockford Public School District No. 205…
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Public Act 102-1050, effective January 1, 2023, renames the Child Bereavement Leave Act to the Family Bereavement Leave Act (“FBLA”) and expands the reasons employees may take unpaid leave under…
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In Meriwether v. Hartop, et al., a professor at a public university was disciplined after he refused, based on his religious beliefs, to use female pronouns for a transgender student…
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A school district disciplined a teacher for a comment she made to her students during a Zoom class (the specific comment was never identified). The teacher filed suit, alleging that…
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8/31/21 UPDATE: Today, ISBE pushed out its weekly message that included, among other things, a promise that emergency rules and updated guidance on the vaccine mandate would be forthcoming, and…
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On August 6, 2021, the Governor signed House Bill 18 into law as Public Act 102-0252. The law amends Section 24A-5 of the School Code to require that school districts…
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