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Illinois House Approves Workplace Protections For Cannabis Consumers
Is it High Time to Protect Cannabis Users?
On March 3rd, 2022, the Illinois House approved a bill containing workplace protections for employees who are legal cannabis consumers. This bill aims to ensure that workers are not fired for legally using cannabis during off hours.
Many employers still choose to drug test employees. Since Illinois legalized recreational marijuana use, employees have been …
- Feb 28 2022
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- Employee Defense and Workplace Investigations, Employment Law, Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence, Uncategorized
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Biden to Sign Law Ending Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Cases
Biden to Sign Law Ending Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Cases
Congress recently passed the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021” (H.R. 4445). This bill received increasingly rare bipartisan support and we expect President Biden to sign it into law any day.
Let’s take a quick look at what this law does and what it means …
- Jan 26 2022
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- Coronavirus, Employment Law, Mandatory Vaccines, Vaccines
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U.S. Supreme Court Blocks OSHA Vaccine Mandate
Despite Supreme Court’s ruling, employers may still develop their own vaccine mandates.
On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked OSHA from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate for employers with 100 or more workers. Read below to see what this means for employers and employees.
The ETS initially required employers with 100 or more employees to develop mandatory vaccination …
- Nov 11 2021
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- Coronavirus, Employment Law, Uncategorized
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Covid-19 is not “Transitory and Minor” disability exempted from ADA protections
Federal Court Decides Covid-19 is Not a “Transitory and Minor” Disability Exempted from ADA protections
What happens if fired for testing positive for COVID
First, trust that you are not alone in worrying about this. Employment lawyers have been wondering the same thing. Since the expiration of the FFCRA last December, there has been nothing explicitly prohibiting termination of a Covid positive …
- Oct 18 2021
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- Coronavirus, Employee Rights
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Chicago’s Anti-Retaliation Ordinance
Chicago Passes COVID-19 Anti-Retaliation Ordinance
When COVID first hit, the federal government passed the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (“FFCRA”). The FFCRA provided all kinds of protections for employees, including paid and protected leave for those diagnosed, quarantining and/or caring for someone diagnosed or quarantining for COVID. Unfortunately, the FFCRA expired in December of 2020 and Congress did not bother to …
