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Nov 5, 2024 | 
insidehighered.com | Kristin Brooks |Emily E. Tichenor
November 05, 2024 South Carolina is fostering transfer excellence through institutional partnerships, making data actionable, and helping to develop a universal Transfer Explorer. You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Transferring between colleges has historically been a complex, frustrating process, often involving lost credits, financial setbacks, and a lot of uncertainty for students.
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May 1, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Emily E. Tichenor
On April 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued final guidance on workplace harassment. The guidance is effective immediately and is the first time the EEOC has updated its workplace harassment guidance since 1999. It reflects changes in the law in the last two decades, including making clear that federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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May 1, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Emily E. Tichenor
On April 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued final guidance on workplace harassment. The guidance is effective immediately and is the first time the EEOC has updated its workplace harassment guidance since 1999. It reflects changes in the law in the last two decades, including making clear that federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Dec 28, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Emily E. Tichenor |Shivani Patel
Previously, in November 2023, the City of Chicago passed the
Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance to go into effect
December 31, 2023. This new law required employers to provide
Chicago employees up to 40 hours of paid sick leave to be available
for use for specific sick leave purposes AND up to 40 hours of paid
leave to be used for any reason each year. However, the Chicago
City Council has delayed the effective date of the ordinance to
July 1, 2024.
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Shivani Patel |Emily E. Tichenor
Previously, in November 2023, the City of Chicago passed the Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance to go into effect December 31, 2023. This new law required employers to provide Chicago employees up to 40 hours of paid sick leave to be available for use for specific sick leave purposes AND up to 40 hours of paid leave to be used for any reason each year. However, the Chicago City Council has delayed the effective date of the ordinance to July 1, 2024.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Emily E. Tichenor
Previously, in November 2023, the City of Chicago passed the Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance to go into effect December 31, 2023. This new law required employers to provide Chicago employees up to 40 hours of paid sick leave to be available for use for specific sick leave purposes AND up to 40 hours of paid leave to be used for any reason each year. However, the Chicago City Council has delayed the effective date of the ordinance to July 1, 2024.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Emily E. Tichenor |Shivani Patel
Chicago employers will soon need to ensure that they provide
leave in accordance with a new Chicago law. Specifically, on
December 31, 2023, the Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave
Ordinance will go into effect in the City of Chicago. This new law
will require employers to provide Chicago employees up to 40 hours
of paid sick leave to be available for use for specific sick leave
purposes AND up to 40 hours of paid leave to be used for any reason
each year.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Shivani Patel |Emily E. Tichenor
Chicago employers will soon need to ensure that they provide leave in accordance with a new Chicago law. Specifically, on December 31, 2023, the Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance will go into effect in the City of Chicago. This new law will require employers to provide Chicago employees up to 40 hours of paid sick leave to be available for use for specific sick leave purposes AND up to 40 hours of paid leave to be used for any reason each year.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Emily E. Tichenor
Chicago employers will soon need to ensure that they provide leave in accordance with a new Chicago law. Specifically, on December 31, 2023, the Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance will go into effect in the City of Chicago. This new law will require employers to provide Chicago employees up to 40 hours of paid sick leave to be available for use for specific sick leave purposes AND up to 40 hours of paid leave to be used for any reason each year.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Emily E. Tichenor
Just in time for the summer holidays, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently issued an opinion letter providing guidance regarding calculating the amount of leave used when an employee takes federal Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) leave during a week with a holiday. The DOL explained that, if an employee takes a full week of FMLA leave during a week with a holiday, the holiday has no effect on FMLA leave and the employee will use a full week of FMLA leave.
