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“Using Social Network Screening as Part of the Hiring Process: Employers Should Proceed with Caution”
By Robbins Schwartz |
“Using Social Network Screening as Part of the Hiring Process: Employers Should Proceed with Caution,” written by partner Frank B. Garrett III was published in the June 2013 issue of Inquiry and Analysis,…
Does Your Employee Handbook or Policy Manual Create a Right to Continued Employment?
By Robbins Schwartz |
In a recent decision, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals found that a right to continued employment following completion of a probationary period cannot be inferred from silence in an…
No Secret Balloting by Members of a Public Body
By Robbins Schwartz |
On May 13, 2013, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor (“PAC”) issued a binding opinion that the use of secret ballots by public bodies violates the Illinois Open Meetings…
Employer Could Skip ADA Interactive Accommodation Process with Employee Who Could Not Show She Could Regularly Come to Work
By Robbins Schwartz |
In Badsen v. Professional Transportation, Inc, (May 8, 2013). the Seventh Circuit ruled that the District Court correctly concluded that plaintiff, Badsen’s, discharge was not disability discrimination, even though the employer,…
Teacher’s Inappropriate Facebook Post Warranted a Two Year Unpaid Suspension, but Not Discharge
By Robbins Schwartz |
On May 7, 2013, the New York Appellate Court ruled that the lower court had correctly reversed the discharge of a tenured teacher, Ms. Rubino, who had an otherwise unblemished…
Illinois Supreme Court Determines Arbitration Award Ordering Reinstatement of a Paraprofessional was Binding Because the Award “Drew Its Essence” from the CBA
By Robbins Schwartz |
Analyzing the scope and enforceability of an arbitration award, the Illinois Supreme Court in Griggsville-Perry Unit School Dist. No. 4 v. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Bd., et al., 2013 IL…
Department of Labor Issues Updated FMLA Forms and Poster
By Robbins Schwartz |
The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) has updated many of its model FMLA forms and its FMLA poster to reflect its recently issued rules which implement and interpret the…
Golf Course Clubhouse Property Taxes
By Robbins Schwartz |
Associate Scott Ginsburg was quoted in “Bill would eliminate “open-space” tax exemptions for recreational buildings” published in the March edition of the Illinois Bar Journal. He discusses how clubhouses on…
Department of Labor Final Rule Expands Employees’ Entitlement to Military Leave Under the Family and Medical Leave Act
By Robbins Schwartz |
On February 6, 2013, the United States Department of Labor issued a Final Rule implementing the amendments to Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in the National Defense Authorization Act of…
DOL Issues New Administrator’s Interpretation of Family and Medical Leave Act Leave to Care for a Disabled Adult Child
By Robbins Schwartz |
On January 14, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor issued an Administrator’s Interpretation clarifying several aspects of the FMLA’s application to FMLA leave taken by an employee to take care of an…