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Companies cannot turn a blind eye to third-party sexual harassment.

A Chicago jury recently awarded a woman $250,000 in emotional distress damages after her employer failed to protect her from third-party sexual harassment.  In this case the third-party was a customer.

In EEOC v. Costco, the EEOC filed suit on behalf of the Plaintiff after Costco failed to take steps to protect her …

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 Cheers to More Employee Protections

Ok, we realize that not everyone gets as excited about employment law as we do.  Nevertheless, there are eight new employments laws on the books that we think you should know about and which we think warrant some celebration.

1. Common sense for sick time.  Falling under the category of employment laws that never should have had to become …

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Office holiday parties cause hangovers and headaches for companies and employees.

Every year around this time employment lawyers start feeling anxious. No, it’s not the end of the year push or the rush to hit deadlines.  It’s the dreaded office holiday parties.

Our friends on the other side of the bar who represent employers collectively shudder at the thought of …

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Knowing your voting rights.

Our Firm participated in a pediatric cancer fundraiser which was truly inspiring. 

As many of you know, we represent a lot of employees who need medical leave for various reasons.  Federal law gives certain employees the right to 12 weeks of unpaid medical leave to care for themselves, their spouse or children.  Some employers are more generous than this and the federal …

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Can you believe in 2016 that it is still legal under federal law to discriminate against someone at work because of their sexual orientation discrimination?  Us either.

I have a bulletin Board above my desk.  For years now (I can’t remember how many) I’ve had a bumper sticker pinned to it that says, “Pass ENDA now.”  ENDA is a bill that …

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Jimmy Johns says it won’t require low-wage workers to sign non-competes.

In follow up to my post from a couple of weeks ago, the Chicago Sun Times is reporting that Jimmy John’s has agreed to stop forcing their low-wage workers to enter into non-compete agreements.  Jimmy John’s required all sandwich makers and freaky-fast delivery drivers to agree not to work for another nearby …

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Employers take advantage of vulnerable employees by forcing them to sign unnecessary non-compete agreements

Time Magazine recently ran an article that discussed how non-compete agreements particularly hurt lower-wage earners.

Remember the 2014 controversy surrounding Jimmy John’s forcing their sandwich makers to sign non-compete agreements?  That ignited a discussion about the unequal balance of power between employees and employers and particularly …

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Doubling the overtime income threshold will make hundreds of thousands of new employees entitled to overtime pay.

Vice President, Joe Biden, says the “middle class is getting clobbered” and predicts the Department of Labor’s revised overtime regulations (which are expected to be signed today) should go a long way to fixing that.

Amending the Department of Labor’s overtime regulations has been on President Obama’s …

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Today marks The Case Law Firm’s 10th anniversary!  We’ve come a long way from one lawyer in a shared office space to a three attorney firm in our own suite overlooking the Chicago river with a full time support staff.  We are so grateful to the wonderful and, often, brave clients who have allowed us to work with them and …

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