Illinois Department of Labor
Recent News About Illinois Department of Labor
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Best Practices for Responding to Federal Agencies – Employee Complaints and Investigations on June 23, 2022
Best Practices for Responding to Federal Agencies – Employee Complaints and Investigations on June 23, 2022. -
Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Calling for Federal Contract Workers to Receive Fair Wages
Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Calling for Federal Contract Workers to Receive Fair Wages. -
State unemployment fraud could cost Illinois more than $1 billion
A recent report from the Illinois Department of Employment Security revealed the state lost at least $14.8 million to fraudsters during the pandemic. But experts warn the full extent of state fraud could be closer to $1 billion. -
ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Raoul Defends States’ Rights to Regulate Health Insurance and Protect Consumers
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 22 attorneys general, urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to protect states’ historic power to regulate insurance and protect their residents from fraud, abuse or substandard health coverage. -
BIPA reform bill passes committee in bi-partisan vote; Trial lawyers did not oppose
A proposal to reform the state's Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA) was passed in the House Judiciary-Civil Committee Tuesday afternoon in a bi-partisan vote of 10-5-1. -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: U.S. Department of Labor Reaches Agreement With Baker & Taylor to Resolve Allegations of Hiring Discrimination Found at Illinois Facility
The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a conciliation agreement with Baker & Taylor LLC to resolve allegations of race and gender-based hiring discrimination against Black and male applicants at the company’s Momence, Illinois, distribution facility. While not admitting liability in the investigation, Baker & Taylor LLC agreed to pay $127,375 in back pay and interest to 42 applicants to resolve alleged hiring discrimination at its Momence, Illinois, facility. -
ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Raoul Opposes Federal Attempt to Undermine Workplace Protections
Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general, the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pa. and city agencies in Chicago and New York, in calling on the federal government to stop the implementation of a proposed rule that would strip workers of key protections provided under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). -
Suit alleges Wood Group Mustang failed to pay overtime
A former employee of Wood Group Mustang claims he was not paid overtime wages for extra hours worked. -
LITTLER MENDELSON PC: Department of Labor and Immigration: A New Era of Compliance?
Littler immigration attorneys Jorge Lopez and Michelle White present an analysis of recent announcements from the Department of Labor (DOL). -
CTU supports use of mock guillotine 'wherever' it was headed
CTU members who don’t support the union’s violent rhetoric have another option: they can opt out of the union. But they must do so today if they want to stop paying dues this school year. -
Illinois teachers' unions funnel nearly $3.9 million to Madigan
Teachers’ unions have provided lots of campaign cash to Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan, who’s been implicated in a bribery scandal. Teachers who don’t want their money sent to a corrupt system can opt out of the union. -
Illinois’ economy likely shrank by $86 billion during Q2, national data suggests
Data published last week by the Bureau of Economic Analysis revealed that U.S. gross domestic product shrank at an annualized rate of -32.9% during the second quarter. -
Class action alleges data breach exposed COVID-19 unemployment applicants' personal information
A class action filed in federal court alleges personally identifying information was accessed during a data breach of a web-portal intended to handle unemployment applications related to the COVID-19 pandemic. -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: U.S. Department of Labor Cites Illinois Grain Facility After Employee Fatally Injured While Working in Storage Bin
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Farmers Elevator Co. – based in Manteno, Illinois – was cited $205,106 and placed on the Severe Violator Enforcement Program for failing to provide safety protections to its employees. A worker suffered fatal injuries after falling into a grain bin at its Grant Park facility. -
Illinois’ new unemployment claims remain high
New jobless claims remain several times higher than last year as state begins to test re-opening. -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: U.S. Department of Labor Cites Illinois Grain Facility After Engulfed Employee Rescued From Corn Storage Bin
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited the Minooka Grain, Lumber and Supply Company for grain-handling safety violations after corn engulfed an employee clearing clumps in a grain storage bin. -
St. Clair Co. judge among those named in proposed class action brought by former Casino Queen workers
BENTON – Former Casino Queen president Jeffrey Watson, now a judge in St. Clair County, faces a potential class action claiming he and others concealed the boat’s dismal financial condition when they arranged for employees to buy it. Former employees Tom Hensiek and Jason Gill sued Watson and others in U.S. -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: U.S. Department of Labor Cites Illinois Dollar Tree Store for Exposing Employees to Exit, Storage and Fire Hazards
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for exit, storage and fire hazards at a Bloomington, Illinois, store. -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: U.S. Department of Labor Cites Three Employers After Worker Injured at Northwestern University
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited three employers – Northwestern University, Hill Mechanical Corp. and National Heat & Power Corp. – for exposing workers to permit-required confined space hazards associated with underground steam vaults. -
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: Department of Labor Cites Chicago Area Company for Safety Failures After Employee Injured in Trench Cave-in
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Goose Lake Construction Inc. after an employee suffered serious injuries when an unprotected trench collapsed, burying him up to his waist at a Glencoe, Illinois, worksite. OSHA proposed penalties of $233,377.