And a Happy New Year: What Illinois Employers Should Prepare for in 2025By Heather A. Jackson, Andrew S. Murphy, Julie Ratliff, David L. Weinstein, Elizabeth Wellhausen, & Benjamin S. MorrellJanuary 2025A number of new and amended Illinois laws went into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Here is a brief summary of those changes and recommended actions Illinois employers may wish to consider.
LAWPAC Needs You!January 2025The Illinois Lawyers’ Political Action Committee (LAWPAC) needs your help to fulfill its mission to support the legislative goals of the ISBA and Illinois’ legal community.
NLRB Bans Mandatory Captive Audience MeetingsBy Jeffrey A. RischJanuary 2025The National Labor Relations Board, in Amazon.com Services LLC and Dana Joann Miller and Amazon Labor Union, November 13, 2024, outright banned mandatory meetings at which an employer expresses its views on unionization and educates workers on the good, bad, and ugly of union membership (“captive audience meeting”). The NLRB held that mandatory captive audience meetings constitute an automatic unfair labor practice that violates section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act.
“Show Me the Money” Illinois’ New Job Posting Requirements That Took Effect January 1By Michelle T. Olsen & Ariel M. KellyJanuary 2025Illinois joined a growing number of jurisdictions, including California, Colorado, New York, and Washington, that require employers to include pay and/or benefits information in job postings. This article summarizes January 1's changes to posting requirements, recordkeeping, noncompliance consequences, and more.
