Hodges Loizzi Partners Barbara Erickson and Ellen Rothenberg will discuss the FMLA and ADA, presenting “How Can I Help You? No…Really…HOW?” at the upcoming Illinois Association of School Personnel Administrators (IASPA) annual conference on…
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In 2018, the EEOC filed an age discrimination suit on behalf of employees of Urbana School District No. 116 alleging that employees’ pay increases were restricted on the basis of…
Public Act 103-0549, which took effect August 11, 2023, amends Section 24-14 of the School Code regarding the timing for teacher resignations. The School Code previously contained two separate rules….
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…
On December 15, 2022, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) filed a lawsuit against Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (“CHOA”) after CHOA terminated an employee for refusing to receive…
In Krewionek v. McKnight, an Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought under the Health Care Right of Conscience Act (“Act”), denying recovery to two former employees…
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…
In Ziccarelli v. Dart, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (which has jurisdiction over federal claims brought in Illinois) held that the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) was violated…
On April 12, 2022, the Teachers’ Retirement System released Employer Bulletin FY22-25 specifically addressing Public Act 102-697, which was signed into law on April 5, 2022 (Act). Under the Act,…
Partners Barb Erickson and Jeff Goelitz will present to HR administrators at the Illinois Association of School Personnel Administrators’ 15th Annual Conference. The event will be held Thursday, January 20, 2022,…