The new pay transparency requirements under the Illinois Equal Pay Act apply to all employers with 15 or more employees. This figure includes all employees, full- or part-time, within or outside of Illinois.

Effective Date

The requirements of the Act apply to all job postings for a specific employment opportunity posted on or after January…

Beginning January 1, 2025, Illinois employers with 15 or more employees will be required to comply with new pay transparency requirements under an amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act. We will be exploring the requirements of the new law in a series of posts, starting with a basic overview.

The law includes the…

It took a few months, but in a ruling that should surprise no one, a federal judge in Texas has blocked the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime exemption rule that increased the minimum salaries for workers to be considered exempt from overtime pay under the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions. The ruling by…

On August 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a 2021 regulation by the U.S. Department of Labor restricting employers’ use of the tip credit for tipped employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The ruling effectively does away with the DOL’s longstanding “80-20” rule.

The case is Restaurant Law Center, v.

Many employers make the mistake of assuming that employees can be treated as exempt so long as they have certain job titles or are paid a salary rather than an hourly wage. That error is especially common in small businesses like restaurants. It can be an expensive mistake, as one D.C. restaurant recently learned after…