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In January, 2023, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Bragg v. Munster Medical Research Foundation Inc., d/b/a Community Hospital, which highlighted the significant impact that documenting performance can have in an employment discrimination case. After completing a 90-day orientation program for newly licensed nurses, the plaintiff, Catrina Bragg, was denied a full-time position as

This spring, the US Department of Labor is expected to tighten the classifications of employees. Small businesses that have been using loopholes to designate their workers as “gig workers,” or  workers who do temporary or freelance work, such as independent contractors who are engaged on an informal or on-demand basis rather than regular employees, could

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed banning noncompete clauses in employee contracts. According to the FTC, this change could strengthen employees’ negotiating powers and could increase wages in the United States by nearly $300 billion. A study conducted in 2015 by the Journal of Law and Economics found that out of

There is no singular method used at the federal level for controlling the collection and storage of data.  While courts and federal agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), regulate small portions of U.S. data collection, it differs at the state level, where several states have passed legislation on the collection, storage, and use

This May, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling which reinforces permissible speech on social media.   The ruling stems from a June 2019 tweet from The Federalist, which is an online magazine operated by FDRLST Media, LLC.  Specifically, an executive officer posted to his personal Twitter account, stating:  “FYI @fdrlst first one of

Each year, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) develops a fiscally constrained six-year program which describes how the state will be investing into the roadways across the state. IDOT released its Multi-Year Improvement Program this August which will span from 2023-2028. This proposed development plan will focus on highway improvement to ensure Illinois residents, businesses,

On Monday, July 25, 2022, Illinois’ three largest aggregate producers reached a tentative agreement with Operating Engineers Local 150 on a new contract that would end the strike that Local 150 has been conducting since June 7th.  Operating Engineers Local 150 is a labor union representing nearly 23,000 working men and women in Illinois in

For the first time in 40 years, the U.S. Department of Labor has proposed to amend regulations issued under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts that set forth rules for the administration and enforcement of the Davis-Bacon labor standards that apply to Federal and federally assisted construction projects. Enacted in 1931, the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) requires