By: Jessica Jackler Recently, several new paid leave laws were enacted in Illinois including the Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLFWA), the new Cook County Leave Ordinance, and the new Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance. The PLFWA is entirely new and became effective […]

By: Jessica Jackler  In 2018, the EEOC filed suit against Charter Communications, LLC in a Wisconsin federal court alleging disability discrimination for failing to accommodate an employee. The employee worked at a call center for the defendant-employer. Cataracts in both eyes made his vision blurry and made seeing in the […]

By: Cary Schwimmer Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), “disability” is a legal term, not a medical one. The ADA defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities (also a person with […]

By: Storrs Downey & Jessica Jackler Under both Illinois and federal law, employers are required to post notices regarding employees’ rights related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The DOL has issued posters regarding employee rights under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The poster advises employees of their rights to any paid leave […]