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- Mar 7 2016
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- Blog, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination
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EEOC Sues for Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Argues Sexual Orientation Discrimination Prohibited by Title VII
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) took a big step forward in protecting employees from sexual orientation discrimination and harassment in the workplace. In U.S. EEOC v. Scott Medical Health Center, P.C. and U.S. EEOC v. IFCO Systems North America, two cases filed last week in Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively, the …
- Feb 22 2016
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- Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Workplace Defamation, Libel, Slander and Invasion of Privacy
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EEOC Proposes Change to Increase Pay Transparency for Employers
On January 29, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced a major proposed regulation change that would increase pay transparency for employers with 100 or more employees and help fight pay inequities based on a person’s protected status.
The EEOC is the government agency responsible for enforcing the federal anti-discrimination laws, including the laws that prohibit discrimination based on …
- Mar 23 2015
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- Blog, Workplace Discrimination
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Millennials and the Workplace
A closer look at Millennials and the Workplace
Millennials, those born between the early 1980s and early 2000s, have garnered special attention as a topic of study and discussion in that they are the largest and most dynamic cohort of the population since the Baby Boomers. The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that this year, Millennials, who comprise about one-third of the population …
- Mar 18 2015
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- Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Employment Contracts and Agreements, Unpaid Wages, Earned Bonuses and other Compensation
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The Vanishing Earned Bonus: Part II (A Quick Update)
The Vanishing Earned Bonus: Part II
Just wanted to post a quick update to our ongoing blog series addressing the ways in which employers and courts have been eating away at earned bonuses by reliance on language providing employers with absolute discretion in awarding incentive compensation.
Yesterday, in McCleary v. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 2015 Ill. App. (1st) 141287-U (Ill. App. 1st Dist. …
- Mar 17 2015
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- Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Legislative Advocacy, Sick Leave
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Worker’s Guide to the Chicago Mayoral Run-Off
A Worker’s Guide to the Chicago Mayoral Run-Off
In anticipation of the upcoming mayoral runoff election, we thought we’d delve into where the candidates (Rahm Emanuel and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia) stand on issues facing Chicago workers. Unfortunately, because they have such different political experience – with incumbent Emanuel coming largely from work in the federal government and challenger Garcia being more …
- Mar 11 2015
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- Firm News, Firm Victories
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Kate Sedey Presenting at the CBA Labor and Employment Law Committee Meeting
Kate Sedey is Presenting at The Chicago Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Committee Meeting on March 11th, 2015 at 12:15 p.m. She will be revisiting the Iqbal and Twombly decision and their application to employment claims. We hope you can attend and look forward to your participation!
- Mar 9 2015
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- Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Family Responsibility Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Legislative Advocacy, Parental Leave, Pregnancy Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate, Sick Leave
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Advancing Equality for Women
Yesterday was International Women’s Day which was created to celebrate the achievements of women while calling for greater equality.
Women in the United States have a lot of achievements to celebrate–certainly more so than many other countries. That being said, the United States still has a ways to go with respect to women’s rights and that is most apparent in the employment …
Unequal Pay for Women in Hollywood, U.S.
Patricia Arquette’s Oscar speech highlights unequal pay for women
Last Sunday, over 36 million people in the U.S. tuned in to watch Hollywood’s biggest annual awards show – the Oscars. More than just a venue to celebrate film, we know the Oscars as an iconic world stage for celebrity fashion, pop culture, and even, at times, provocative social and political declarations.
This year, …
- Feb 23 2015
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- Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Employment Contracts and Agreements, Executive Counseling, Unpaid Wages, Earned Bonuses and other Compensation
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The Vanishing Earned Bonus: Part II
A number of years ago, we published a blog setting out several tools employers have used to deny employees what we believe are earned bonuses as well as some ideas about legal principles on which an employee might rely to get those bonuses back. For that complete blog post, scroll to the bottom of this page. Now more than five years later, …
- Feb 16 2015
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- Blog, Legislative Advocacy, Pregnancy Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate, Workplace Discrimination
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Why it’s Better to be Pregnant in Illinois
On January 1, 2015, the new Illinois Pregnancy Accommodation Act went into effect and gives Illinois employees a wealth of fantastic protections.
It’s an important law and a hard-fought victory for the groups, including Women Employed, who lobbied for its passage. The Act, which amends the Illinois Human Rights Act, provides greater protections for pregnant women than the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act …
