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The Seventh Circuit Further Clarifies FLSA Overtime Exceptions…For Window Washers
A recent Seventh Circuit decision may provide ammunition for employers defending FLSA claims brought by commission-based employees or employees who work irregular hours. In Ramon Alvarado, et al. v. Corporate Cleaning…
No Such Thing as “No Harm, No Foul”?
Everybody knows that an activist National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) expects a lot of all employers nowadays, union and non-union. One of the areas under the greatest NLRB scrutiny are time-honored, well-worn…
Can Employers Require Their Employees to be Vaccinated?
From January 1 to February 27, 2015, 170 people from 17 states and the District of Columbia were reported to have measles. On February 25, 2015, health official confirmed Illinois’ 15 th measles case in Cook County.…
The Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies Causation in a Claim for Retaliatory Discharge
The Illinois Supreme Court recently clarified the element of causation in its ruling in Michael v. Precision Alliance Group, LLC, 21 N.E.3d 1183 (Ill. 2014). In Michael, employees who reported about certain practices…