Workers’ compensation provides benefits for fall and other trauma injury victims in the workplace. This no-fault insurance system also applies to occupational disease victims. An occupational diseas[...]
Illinois is an at-will employment state. In most cases, employers can hire or fire their workers at any time for good reason, bad reason, or no reason at all. However, employers can not act any wa[...]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has always engaged in a pre-suit process. But until recently, that procedure may have only consisted of a demand letter or two. After a cursory investigatio[...]
In 2017, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission examined almost a quarter fewer pregnancy discrimination cases than it did in 2010. It also refused to prosecute most of the cases that it reviewed[...]
All workers should be comfortable in the workplace and be able to concentrate on their jobs. Such an environment benefits both employers and employees. So, U.S. law provides remedies to workers who mu[...]
In a development that sent shock waves all the way to Chicago, Dotty’s Casino, which operates slot machines in Montana and Nevada, agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve claims that it violated the A[...]