Our Blog: Employment Law
- Dec 7 2012
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- Employee Pay and Compensation, Firm Victories
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Court Holds that the IWPCA’s Amended Remedies Provision Should be Applied Retroactively
The Case Law Firm recently won an important victory regarding the retroactive application of amendments to an Illinois state statute. In Brandl v. Superior Air Ground Ambulance Services, Inc., Case No. 09-CV-06019, a jury awarded our client payment for hours of accrued vacation time for which the Defendant had refused to pay at the time of her termination in violation …
- Aug 25 2011
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- Blog, Employment Law, Hiring Practices, Legislative Advocacy
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Help Put a Stop to Unemployment Discrimination
Add Your Voice to the Call to End Unemployment Discrimination in Illinois
As appalling as it may be, a shocking number of employers these days are publishing job listings with the caveat that the unemployed need not apply. This unemployment discrimination is so backwards and plain old wrong that I have a hard time wrapping my mind around it. We are …
- Mar 3 2011
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- Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Employee Benefits, Legislative Advocacy, Sick Leave
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SB Healthy Workplace Act – Senator Sandoval
Vote Yes for SB 128 – Healthy Workplace Act – Senator Sandoval
This bill would provide for paid sick leave for Illinois workers.
Requires an employer to provide an employee up to 7 sick days with pay during each 12-month period. Provides that an employee may use the sick days care for physical or mental illness, injury, medical condition, professional medical diagnosis or care, …
Workplace Defamation Verdict for IL Employee
Unjustified “For Cause” Termination Leads to Significant Jury Award in Workplace Defamation Claim
The Appellate Court for the First District of Illinois recently upheld a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff $2 million dollars in compensatory damages and $6 million dollars in punitive damages for a workplace defamation claim. Leyshon v. Diehl Controls North America, Inc., 2010 WL 5480668 (Ill. App. 1st …
- Nov 11 2010
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- Blog, Employee Benefits
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High Risk Insurance Pools
Having trouble getting private health insurance because of a pre-existing condition? You’re certainly not alone. It is estimated that 15.9 percent of Americans are uninsured, many for precisely the same reason. While President Obama’s health care legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, explicitly prohibits denying an individual health insurance because of pre-existing conditions or a history of high …
- Jul 7 2010
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- Blog, Employee Benefits, Employment Law
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High Risk Insurance Pools
July 1, 2010 Marks a Day of Hope for Uninsured Americans with Preexisting Medical Conditions
Under the national health care reform bill signed into law by President Obama earlier this year, insurance companies will no longer be allowed to refuse to sell health insurance coverage or refuse to renew health insurance coverage because of an individual’s preexisting medical condition. However, this …
- Jun 26 2010
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- Blog, Employee Benefits, Employment Law
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Your Rights Under COBRA
What Employees Need to Know
The Baseline: Employee Rights Under COBRA, Generally
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”) requires employers with 20 or more employees who offer health benefits to provide continued coverage to “qualified beneficiaries” for up to 18 months after a “qualifying event;” however, the employee must pay the entire premium. A “qualified beneficiary” is an individual …
- Feb 11 2010
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- Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Employment Contracts and Agreements, Executive Compensation, Unpaid Wages, Earned Bonuses and other Compensation
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The Vanishing Earned Bonus
The Vanishing Earned Bonus [Part I] – And How to Get it Back!
Every year, around this time we start to get calls from employees who have not only lost their jobs but have also been denied their year-end bonus, which so many families depend on in budgeting their lives. Employers use all kinds of tricks to withhold what employees rightly feel …
