by bobroff | Sep 28, 2018 | Developments in the Law
The Eastern District Court of Appeals dismissed an employment agreement requiring arbitration because it did not offer consideration in addition to the employee’s continued position as an at-will employee, further clarifying consideration in the employment...
by bobroff | Sep 27, 2018 | Developments in the Law
Governor Rauner signed into law an amendment to the Illinois Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act this summer, which requires an employer to provide reasonable break time to an employee who needs to express breast milk for her nursing infant child each time the...
by bobroff | Sep 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission appealed to the Eighth Circuit to overturn a $3.3 million attorneys’ fee award entered against it after its failed sexual harassment suit against CRST Van Expedited Inc. The EEOC argues that CRST improperly calculated...
by bobroff | Sep 19, 2018 | Developments in the Law
Sixty days of public comments opened on Friday, September 14 when the National Labor Relations Board proposed the following definition of “joint employer,” “Employer may be found to be a joint-employer of another employer’s employees only if it...
by bobroff | Sep 19, 2018 | Developments in the Law
In Frey v. Hotel Coleman, Frey alleges sexual harassment and retaliation against her employer, a service company hired to run the Hotel Coleman. In overturning a summary judgment order that denied that the Hotel Coleman was Frey’s employer, the 7th Circuit held...