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Last month, the Illinois Department of Labor (“IDOL”) fairly quietly released amended regulations affecting the interpretation and enforcement of the Illinois Wage Payment and...

The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) has published amended regulations, effective April 14, 2023, to Illinois’ Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA). The amended regulations impact...

The Amended Regulations, which largely follow the IDOL’s initial proposal published on November 18, 2022, are effective immediately and impact several aspects of the IWPCA.

As we previously projected, the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) published its final amended regulations to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA) on April 14, 2023...

PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh attorney alleges that his former law firm breached his employment contract and owes him thousands of dollars in unpaid wages, in violation of both state and federal law.

On March 13, 2023, Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker signed the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (the Act). The Act is the first statewide paid leave law in Illinois; it mandates paid...

Just days after his retirement announcement, West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commissioner, Bernie Dolan, was named as a Defendant in a Wood County lawsuit. Also named were Wayne Ryan, Cindy Daniel and Gregory B. Reed by and through his estate with Renee Reed as his administratrix .

The lawsuit alleges OSF HealthCare automatically deducted meal breaks from workers’ pay, meaning staff were not compensated for overtime as mandated by the Illinois Minimum Wage Law and Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act.

On March 13, 2023, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLAWA) into law, guaranteeing all workers in the state of Illinois 40 hours of paid time off each year for any reason.

Seyfarth Synopsis: Illinois joined the exclusive club of now three states that require employers to offer paid leave for any reason when Governor J.B. Pritzker