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Annual Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

JSL Law, LLC — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:39:17 GMT

Illinois law (Public Act 101-0221) requires all employers with employees working in Illinois to provide mandatory annual sexual harassment prevention training. Employers must train all employees regardless of status (full-time, part-time, short-term, or interns) by December 31st of each calendar year. New employees should be trained as soon as possible …

Understanding Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Exemptions: A Practical Guide for Employers

JSL Law, LLC — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:08:00 GMT

Introduction

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime exemptions represent one of the most complex areas of employment law, with significant financial implications for employers who misclassify their employees. This article examines the legal framework governing overtime exemptions under federal law, which Illinois follows in lockstep, and provides p…

Employee vs. Independent Contractor Classification: A Guide for Illinois Employers

JSL Law, LLC — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 18:23:33 GMT

Introduction

Properly classifying workers as employees or independent contractors is one of the most critical compliance issues facing employers today. Misclassification can result in significant financial penalties, back wages, and legal exposure under both federal and Illinois state law. This article explains the legal standards courts use to distingui…

Supreme Court Eliminates Heightened Burden for Majority-Group Plaintiffs in Title VII Cases

JSL Law, LLC — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:26:47 GMT

This memo analyzes the Supreme Court’s June 2025 decision in Ames v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Servs., 605 U.S. 303, 145 S. Ct. 1540 (2025), which resolved a significant circuit split regarding evidentiary standards for “reverse discrimination” Title VII disparate-treatment claims. The Court unanimously rejected the routinely enforced “background circumstance…

Major Illinois Employment Law Updates: What Employers Need to Know for 2026

JSL Law, LLC — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:46:13 GMT

Illinois employers, including businesses employing as little as one employee, face significant new compliance obligations as several major employment law amendments take effect January 1, 2026. These changes expand worker protections, introduce new requirements for artificial intelligence use, and strengthen existing safeguards across multiple areas of …

A Cautionary Tale: Inflexible policies may infringe on employees' rights to receive reasonable accommodations for their disabilities

JSL Law, LLC — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:42:23 GMT

In the recent 2024 decision of EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P., 113 F.4th 777, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals addressed Wal-Mart’s failure to accommodate an employee with Down syndrome under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The case arose when Wal-Mart denied an employee with Down syndrome a long-term schedule modification that she re…

ALERT: Does your handbook infringe on employees' rights? Key Takeaways for Employers under Stericycle

JSL Law, LLC — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:12:33 GMT

On August 2, 2023, under the Biden administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) fundamentally reshaped how employers must approach workplace rules with its decision in Stericycle, Inc. The Board adopted a new legal standard for evaluating whether employer work rules that don’t explicitly restrict protected employee activity violate the Nati…

The Supreme Court Lowers the Bar for Title VII Claims

JSL Law, LLC — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:06:55 GMT

For employers with as little as 15 employees, the United States Supreme Court in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, 601 U.S. 346, 144 S. Ct. 967 (2024) significantly lowered the threshold for what constitutes an actionable employment discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Court rejected the requirement that employees must d…

Top 10 Small Business Employment Issues

JSL Law, LLC — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:20:59 GMT

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JSL Law, LLC — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:14:46 GMT

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