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2024 was without a doubt a whirlwind of a year, including for the Illinois legislature. To that point, there are a number of Illinois employment laws and amendments that have [...]

Effective January 1, 2026, H.B. 3773 amends Article 5, Section 2 of the Illinois Human Rights Act to explicitly prohibit employers from using artificial intelligence ('AI') for a broad swath [...]

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker recently signed HB 3773 into law, amending the Illinois Human Rights Act (the 'Act') to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in employment practices. Amendments [...]

Illinois joins other states, including Utah and Colorado, in passing its own legislation to regulate AI. On August 9, 2024, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a new bill into law [...]

On Aug. 9, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 3773 into law, amending the Illinois Human Rights Act to address the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in employment decisions. [...]

Illinois employers take notice: Effective January 1, 2025, Illinois employees have more time to file a charge with the Illinois Department of Human Rights, per an amendment to the Illinois [...]

Last week, Governor JB Pritzker signed into law several bills that significantly amend the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA). As a result of these amendments, Illinois employers should expect an [...]

The Illinois Legislature has been busy this 2024 session, passing more than 10 new employment laws or amendments to existing employment laws in May 2024, only one of which in [...]

Facts In May of 2016 the Association implemented a rule that allowed owners to bring furniture to the pool area for their use 'but they must remove these items daily [...]

Work Authorization Status On August 2, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law Public Act 102-0233, which adds work authorization status to the list of protected classifications in Illinois. Effective [...]

Just over three months ago, on March 23, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1480 into law, amending the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Illinois Business Corporation Act [...]

Illinois's Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed Senate Bill 1480 into law, establishing new employer certification and reporting requirements, making sweeping changes to Illinois's anti-retaliation law, and curtailing employers' uses of [...]

A recent Bill introduces new duties for employers in Illinois, including in relation to job applicants' criminal records, reporting on gender, race and ethnicity and equal pay. Executive summary On [...]

On March 23, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1480 into law with an immediate effective date. As detailed in our prior Alert, the new law creates a [...]

On March 23, 2021, Illinois Governor Pritzker signed into law SB1480. As discussed below, the law makes significant changes to the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA), the Illinois Equal Pay [...]

Seyfarth Synopsis: Illinois currently has a ban-the-box law restricting employers from asking about criminal history generally until after an interview and the state's Human Rights Act makes it unlawful for [...]

On January 13, 2021, the Illinois General Assembly passed Senate Bill 1480 (SB 1480), which includes key amendments with new requirements for Illinois employers under the Illinois Human Rights Act [...]

On August 9, 2019, Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker signed the Workplace Transparency Act (the 'WTA') into law. The Act, which applies to nearly every employer in Illinois: Restricts non-disclosure [...]

On April 11, 2019, the Illinois state Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 1829, also known as the Workplace Transparency Act (the 'Act'). If passed by the House of Representatives, [...]

Although the federal government shutdown has dominated the headlines after the calendar flipped to 2019, employers should review their policies and procedures to ensure that they are complying with any [...]

On August 21, 2018, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed House Bill 1595 ('HB 1595') amending the Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act1 (the 'Act'). Effective since 2001, the Act applies [...]

On August 13, 2018, Illinois Governor Bruce V. Rauner vetoed legislation that would have lowered the threshold requirement for liability under the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) from 15 employees [...]

Joining the current 'Ban the Box' trend, effective January 1, 2015, the Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicants Act prohibits Illinois employers from asking job applicants about their criminal record or [...]

On August 26, 2014, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law House Bill 8 amending the Illinois Human Rights Act (the Act) to provide greater protections to applicants and employees [...]

Following a national trend, Governor Pat Quinn recently signed legislation amending and expanding the protections under the Illinois Human Rights Act ('IHRA') for pregnant applicants and employees, requiring reasonable accommodation [...]

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn just signed legislation requiring Illinois employers to provide reasonable accommodation to employees affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, and to take steps to prevent [...]

Phillip Schreiber is a Partner and Adam Young is an Associate in the Chicago office On August 26, 2014, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed House Bill 8, amending the Illinois [...]

On May 28, 2014, the Illinois legislature passed amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act that expand employment protections for employees and applicants related to pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions. [...]

Dramatically expanding the reach of the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Illinois Supreme Court has held that an employer is legally responsible for a supervisory employee's sexual harassment of a [...]