By Alex E. Jones On April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation – the highest court to reach such a conclusion. Title VII prohibits...
By Alex E. Jones President Trump made headlines this past week when he issued an executive order titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” (the “Executive Order”). The Executive Order, among other things, (i) suspends...
By Melissa A. Yasinow On October 19, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a Memorandum clarifying certain provisions of its May 12, 2016 Final Rule regarding the electronic reporting of workplace injuries and illnesses. KJK analyzed...
Illinois has adopted a new statute called the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. The statute prohibits private sector employers from entering into non-compete agreements, which the law defines as a “covenant not to compete,” with low wage employees. It defines a low wage...
By Melissa A. Yasinow On May 12, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued its final rule on the electronic reporting of workplace injuries and illnesses. This new rule will require employers to electronically submit to OSHA its records...
NLRB Says Employers May Not Maintain an Outright Ban on Employees’ Use of Recording Equipment at Work Add the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) recent ruling in Whole Foods, Inc. to the growing list of NLRB decisions limiting employers’ ability to manage the...
By Robert Bowes with Alex E. Jones Capitol Hill has been busy attempting to reverse the new “joint employer” standard established in the recent National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decision Browning-Ferris Industries of California (“Browning-Ferris”). An overview...