Below is a summary of activities of this section from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. While past activity is no guarantee of future activity, it may give a idea of what to expect this year.
Section Stats
Newsletters
Issues: 5
CLE
Live Programs: 6
Discussions
Posts: 10
Legislation
Bills Reviewed: 128
Continuing Legal Education
Section members receive discounts on section-sponsored CLE programs. During the 2023–24 bar year, the Section sponsored the following programs:
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Co-Sponsor LIVE WEB - H-2A & H-2B Temporary Work Visa Conundrums (12/14/2023)
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - Illinois Paid Leave Essentials: What You Need to Know (12/19/2023)
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Co-Sponsor LIVE WEB - 2024 Immigration Law Update: Effectively Representing Immigration Clients and Analyzing Immigration Matters in a Volatile World (01/16/2024)
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - The Forum of Choice: Litigating Civil Rights Cases Before the Illinois Human Rights Commission (01/24/2024)
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - The End of Affirmative Action? The Effect and Future of Admissions and Other Programs in the Public and Private Sectors After SFFA v. Harvard/UNC (02/06/2024)
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Co-Sponsor LIVE WEB - Canadian Corporate Immigration: Navigating the Maze (05/30/2024)
ISBA Central Discussions
ISBA Central communities allows section members to pose questions, answer questions, and share information with fellow section members. Members of the section get free access to the section’s community. Joining any section also grants you access to the Transactional and Litigation communities. Below are the total number of discussion posts during the 2023–24 bar year.
Labor and Employment Law
- Community members: 984
- Total discussion posts: 10
Transactional
- Community members: 29,383
- Total discussion posts: 551
Litigation
- Community members: 29,384
- Total discussion posts: 1,463
Legislation
The Section Council reviewed 128 bills that may affect their members’ practice area. Highlights of the most recent legislative session include:
- Senate Bill 3649 creates the Worker Freedom of Speech Act.
- House Bill 3763 amends the Personnel Record Review Act to require an employee to make a written request to the employer before having a legal right to inspect, copy, and receive copies of specified documents, including any employment-related contracts or agreements that employer maintains are legally binding on the employee.
- House Bill 3773 amends the Employment Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. The bill provides that it is a civil rights violation: (1) with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment, selection for training or apprenticeship, discharge, discipline, tenure, or the terms, privileges, or conditions of employment, for an employer to use artificial intelligence that has the effect of subjecting employees to discrimination on the basis of protected classes identified under the Article or to use zip codes as a proxy for protected classes identified under the Article; and (2) for an employer to fail to provide notice to an employee that the employer is using artificial intelligence.