Assurance Health Data
By Darbi Durham, Director of Communication and Advocacy Illinois Chamber Board Member and Founding President and CEO of Assurance Health, Jason Crites, began…
Partnering with Industry Leaders to Develop COVID-19 Antibody Treatments
By Jamie Oldani, director of state government affairs, Eli Lilly and Company At Lilly, our purpose is to create medicines that make life…
North America’s Largest Foodservice Industry Redistributor
By Darbi Durham, Director of Communication and Advocacy Over the last 61 years, Illinois Chamber member Dot Foods has built 12 U.S. Distribution…
NEW ILLINOIS LAW PROHIBITS USE OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS: Guide for Employers and Sample Forms
By: Jeff Risch and Allison Sues As we previously blogged about, the Illinois legislature passed Senate Bill 1480, which, in relevant part, provides that…
Will Employers Have to Give 1% of their Total Gross Profits to the State of Illinois? Gov. Pritzker Signs into Law Unprecedented Changes to IL Equal Pay and Corporate Laws
Contributed by Jeff Risch, SmithAmundsen, LLC, March 23, 2021 Private employers in Illinois now have more landmines to navigate as the state’s legislature…
The American Rescue Plan Act’s Effect on FFCRA and COBRA
By Scott Cruz on March 17, 2021 at 3:45 PM On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan…
PREVAILING WAGE REMINDER: Local, State and Federal Prevailing Wage Obligations Vary Greatly
By Jeffrey A. Risch, SmithAmundsen LLC – www.illinoisprevailingwage.com Contractors, developers, architects, owners, project managers and even public bodies often ask the same obvious…
Illinois Set to Enact New Law Limiting Criminal Convictions in Employment Decisions
By Allison P. Sues and Jeff Risch – SmithAmundsen LLC – www.salawus.com Illinois has long limited employers from considering the criminal history…
DOL Clarifies that Not All Travel Time is Compensable in the Era of Telework
By Carlos Arévalo – SmithAmundsen – www.salawus.com On the last day of 2020, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter…
Telemedicine Appointments Can Be Used To Establish Serious Health Conditions Under the FMLA
By Steven Jados – SmithAmundsen LLC – www.salawus.com Recent guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reiterates that the DOL will allow…