In January of this year, the Illinois legislature enacted a number of new or amended acts that will change Illinois employment law. First, the One Day Rest in Seven Act (“ODRISA”) has been amended to revise employees’ mandatory rest and to revise employe meal periods....
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Four Key Labor and Employment Law Developments for 2023
The start of 2023 comes with the start of new laws and regulations that will certainly affect your business. Another year means another round of changes to labor and employment laws in Illinois of which all employers must be aware. These new laws include a...
Tips from the Pros: BIPA, friend or foe?
If your company uses employee fingerprint or other biometric recognition technology in any portion of its business operations, then your company is subject to the requirements of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). “Biometric information” means...
Illinois Freedom to Work Act- Updates
In January of this year, the Illinois Freedom to Work Act 820 ILCS 90/1 (“Act”) was amended. The recent amendment will have an effect on employer’s non-compete and/or non-solicitation agreements with their employees. Notably, the changes to the Act increased the...
Beware of the Impact of the Lien Waiver
Beware the Impact of the Lien Waiver Halloween is approaching next month and along with it, we will all be exposed to very scary things. For a contractor, sometimes there can be nothing scarier than a lien waiver. Our firm was recently involved in a case wherein a...
PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE IS AN OPTION WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT TO DEAL WITH PROPERTY ISSUES
When people own real property with no written agreement, the individuals will need to resolve any issues by agreement or filing a partition claim. If by agreement, then no court intervention is required. There are several types of documents that can memorialize the...
