Kate Sedey March 18, 2015 Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Employment Contracts and Agreements, Unpaid Wages, Earned Bonuses and other Compensation 0
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. …
Kate Sedey March 17, 2015 Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Legislative Advocacy, Sick Leave 0
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 …
Kate Hillegass March 11, 2015 Firm News, Firm Victories 0
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!
Kristin Case March 9, 2015 Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Family Responsibility Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Legislative Advocacy, Parental Leave, Pregnancy Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate, Sick Leave 0
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 …
Kate Sedey February 23, 2015 Blog, Employee Pay and Compensation, Employment Contracts and Agreements, Executive Counseling, Unpaid Wages, Earned Bonuses and other Compensation 0
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, …
Kristin Case February 16, 2015 Blog, Legislative Advocacy, Pregnancy Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate, Workplace Discrimination 0
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 …
Kate Hillegass October 6, 2014 Firm News, Firm Victories, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination 0
Kate Sedey was a contributor to Bloomberg BNA’s new treatise called “Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace: A Practical Guide” This was made available for purchase October of 2014!
Kate Sedey March 21, 2014 Blog, Employment Law 0
What does the IL eavesdropping law ruling mean for employees recording conversations in the workplace?
So often, potential clients tell us in our very first meeting that they have a smoking gun – that single piece of evidence that will prove their case and win the day at trial – they have recorded a conversation in which their supervisor disclosed a …
Kendra Kutko February 17, 2014 Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Employment Law 0
7th Circuit Interprets “Caring for a Parent” to Include Last Wish Trip to Las Vegas
The Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) affords eligible employees the right to take twelve work weeks of leave “[i]n order to care for the spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent has a serious health …
Kate Sedey January 23, 2014 Blog, Employment Law, Legislative Advocacy, Sick Leave 0
The FAMILY Act Would Provide Paid Sick Leave for All Workers – Voice Your Support!
Many months ago, I posted about my shock and disappointment in learning that a number of states were passing legislation whose sole purpose was to prohibit future state-level legislation which would provide paid sick leave to employees. Considering that cynical trend in state legislatures, I cannot …