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…
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….
***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…
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…
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…
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 August 6, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed House Bill 816, which clarifies the definition of sick leave under section 24-6 of the School Code. Now enacted as P.A. 102-0275, this…
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.
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In Kalisz v. Board of Education of Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96, an Illinois appellate court upheld a school board’s dismissal of a tenured teacher for cause, even though the teacher’s…