Beginning July 1, 2023, public and non-public schools and school contractors must begin conducting employment history reviews for all applicants for employment who will have direct contact with students or…
Cynthia L. DeCola
Cindi DeCola will present on Collective Bargaining in 2022 to HR administrators at the Illinois Association of School Personnel Administrators’ 15th Annual Conference. The event will be held Friday,…
The 2021 IASB Joint Annual Conference on November 20-21 will feature presentations by Barbara Erickson, Kaitlin Atlas, Michelle Todd, Jessica Nguyen, Heather Brickman, and Cindi DeCola.
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…
Cindi DeCola, Tina Christofalos, Barb Erickson, Kerry Pipal, and Mary Karagiannis will discuss key Labor/Personnel legislation updates in an upcoming webinar.
This year, amendments were made to the Illinois Human Rights Act for the purpose of extending new protections to job applicants and employees with criminal convictions. The amendments require employers…
Partners Cindi DeCola and Tony Loizzi will discuss the fundamentals of collective bargaining at an IASA Workshop on May 20, 2021.
A federal appellate court held that an employer did not have to accommodate its nurse employee after she was severely injured in an accident, although it had modified her job duties for two years, because she was no longer able to perform the essential functions of the job.
A federal appellate court held that an employer did not have to accommodate its nurse-employee after she was severely injured in an accident, though it had modified her job duties for two years, because she was no longer able to perform the essential functions of the job.
On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (“OSHA”) branch of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued new guidance intended to help employers identify COVID-19 exposure risks…