Employment Law LetterPolitics in general has been known to be a contentious topic, but many employers seek to mobilize their workforce to vote for initiatives or candidates that are supportive of the industry they operate in. While our gut...
The start of summer is typically marked by a wave of temporary hirings of students and other new employees, with many summer jobs paying those workers the minimum wage. While a series of increases across recent years...
While an increasing number of employers are requiring their remote employees to return to the office, it’s safe to assume that some employees may continue to work remotely. For their employers, it’s important to remember...
Docking a salaried, exempt employee’s pay may raise questions about whether the employer is indeed paying the employee on a salary basis as opposed to paying them based on the quantity or quality of work performed. So...
By now, many employers in Illinois and elsewhere have heard of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a statute regulating the collection and disclosure of biometric data such as fingerprints and face...
Q We have a policy that states employees must clock out for breaks if they leave campus, but the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that employees be paid for breaks of 15 minutes or less. Is our policy in...
Businesses often face the challenge of attracting and retaining star employees. It can be tempting to offer star employees ownership in the business to prevent the hardship of losing star employees after investing time...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) apparent pursuit to push back against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and what it calls “gender ideology” in the workplace has sown confusion for businesses...
In a recent decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court interpreted the term “arrest record”—which is a prohibited basis of employment discrimination under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (WFEA)—to include municipal offenses...
In 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a rule banning most noncompete agreements nationwide. Although enforcement is currently stayed (paused) pending legal challenges, courts and legislatures continue to...
In a recent decision from the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal appeals court that covers matters in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana), the court concluded that disability discrimination occurs under the...
Q In instances of reasonable suspicion or when it relates to the company’s workplace violence policy prohibiting the possession of weapons, are we allowed to search an employee’s vehicle on company property, and can we...
The Trump administration continues its roll-back of employment guidance issued by the Biden administration. In early May, it was a reversion—at least from an enforcement standpoint—of Department of Labor (DOL) guidance...
Q We have a policy that states employees must clock out for breaks if they leave campus, but the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that employees be paid for breaks of 15 minutes or less. Is our policy in...
On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” an Executive Order (EO) that declares disparate-impact considerations to be incompatible with principles of merit...