Lydia Pincsak

Jun 17, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Kathleen Barrett |Lydia Pincsak

[co-authors: Samuel Ellis - Summer Associate and Elizabeth A. Ledkovsky - Staff Attorney]Beginning on July 1, 2024, employers in Chicago must begin to comply with significant new obligations that further complicate a tangle of state and local laws mandating paid leave. As we previously detailed, the Chicago City Council initially adopted the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (the “Chicago Ordinance” or “Ordinance”) on November 9, 2023.

Dec 22, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Kathleen Barrett |Lydia Pincsak |Peter A. Steinmeyer

On January 1, 2024, virtually every employer in Illinois will face new obligations to provide paid leave to their employees. As we explained earlier this year, the state enacted the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (the “Illinois Act”), requiring employers to give their Illinois employees up to 40 hours of paid time off (PTO) for any reason in a 12-month period.