Partner Jeff Goelitz and fellow panelists will share insights about social media and employee discipline at the 37th Annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference on December 2. Jef
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The Health Care Right of Conscience Act was enacted to permit medical professionals to refuse to receive or participate in healthcare services that are contrary to their personal beliefs. However,…
In a non-binding opinion, the Public Access Counselor found that a city council violated the Open Meetings Act when it muted public commenters at a meeting held via video conference, because its rule against abusive language was content-based and therefore violated the OMA and the First Amendment rights of the non-disruptive speakers.
Jeff Goelitz will join panelists to share insights about negotiations during the pandemic at the Illinois ASBO 2021 Annual Conference.
On February 2, 2021, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (which has jurisdiction over Illinois) reversed a lower court decision and held that the language of a collective bargaining agreement…
Hear from trusted attorneys who have seen every RIF scenario imaginable and have successfully guided clients through hundreds of RIFs.
Hodges Loizzi attorneys will share insights on navigating reductions in force when planning for the unique COVID-impacted year.
In Better Government Association v. Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority and Navy Pier, Inc., an Illinois appellate court found that documents in the possession of a private corporation that was…
Barbara Erickson, Ellen Rothenberg, Cindi DeCola and Jeff Goelitz collaborate with IASPA on “Leave Coordination FMLA and FFCRA” and “What Is to Come In 2021- Personnel/Labor in the Post-COVID World” during the fourteenth IASPA annual conference.
Are you conducting a remote Board meeting this week? If so, read this. New Open Meetings Act (“OMA”) requirements were signed into law on Friday. We recently shared these requirements with…
As expected, on May 29, 2020, the Governor issued a new Disaster Proclamation, which extends through June 27, 2020. He also issued Executive Order 2020-39, which extends the suspension of the physical quorum requirement…