Originally published on Law360 On Oct. 3, the U.S. Supreme Court granted review of a case in which the central issue is whether the National Labor Relations Act preempts state lawsuits brought against unions for causing property damage while conducting […]
James C. Franczek, Jr. Receives The American Bar Association’s Arvid Anderson Award
Franczek P.C. is very pleased to announce that founding partner James C. Franczek, Jr. will receive the American Bar Association’s 2022 Arvid Anderson Award. The Arvid Anderson Award is the ABA’s highest honor for public sector labor attorneys. The annual […]
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New Franczek Series: Labor Updates
As we’ve previously reported, union organizing is on the upswing and the NLRB is beginning to issue decisions that reverse Trump-era precedents that were generally more favorable to employers. This is the first in what we plan to be regular […]
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EEOC Releases New ‘Know Your Rights’ Poster
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just released an updated ‘Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal’ poster, which supersedes its earlier ‘EEOC is the Law’ poster.
NLRB Proposes New Rule Expanding Scope of Joint-Employer Standard: What Might This Mean for You?
On September 6, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) issued a proposed rule to revise the current standard to determine whether employers are “joint employers” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The proposed rule would rescind the Trump-era […]
Franczek Webinar: Momentum in the Labor Movement – Part I
Thursday, September 22 at 12 p.m. Registration Join Franczek attorneys Sally Scott, Mike Warner, Jason Patterson and renowned labor scholar Robert Bruno on September 22, 2022 for the first installment of our webinar series addressing the recent changes and trends in the labor movement. After […]
Your Neutral Uniform Policy May Violate the NLRA
In Tesla Inc., the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) recently reversed a 2019 decision in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that gave employers leeway when adopting neutral non-discriminatory dress codes. Instead, the Board applied the standard in the Supreme Court’s Republic Aviation […]
Franczek Partner Nicki Bazer Published in Kent College of Law Illinois Public Employee Relations Report
Franczek Partner Nicki Bazer published in the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois Public Employee Relations Report with an piece entitled “Bargaining in the Time of COVID: How Collective Bargaining Impacts Schools and their Mitigation Strategies.” The paper discusses labor […]
Chicago Employers, Today’s the Day: New Sex Harassment Posting, Policy Requirements Take Effect July 1
As previously reported, the City of Chicago has adopted several substantive amendments to the sexual harassment provisions of the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance, including new posting, policy and training requirements. The posting and policy language requirements take effect today, and […]
Chicago Employers Get Ready: New Harassment and Bystander Training Obligations Among Key Changes to Chicago Human Rights Ordinance
On April 27, 2022, the Chicago City Council approved several substantive amendments to the sexual harassment provisions of the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance. The amendments impose new and expanded harassment training obligations for all employers operating in the City of […]
Employers Take Note! Labor’s Resurgence Could be Real this Time
Despite the always shifting pendulum of labor law, unionization rates in the private sector have decreased and remained low since the 1970’s. However, a recent surge of unionization efforts, coupled with unique economic conditions and key initiatives at the National […]
NLRB General Counsel Urges Board to Find Captive Audience Speeches are Unlawful
For decades, employers have been permitted to hold mandatory meetings or “captive audience speeches” in response to union organizing campaigns to present the company’s position on unionization. On April 7, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer […]
Masking Mandates Lifted
Schools and districts throughout the State – and country – are beginning this school week on the heels of a flurry of announcements made last Friday by the CDC, the Illinois Supreme Court, Governor Pritzker and ISBE, culminating in a […]
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Ten Franczek Attorneys Named to 2022 Super Lawyers List
Franczek P.C. is pleased to announce that the following attorneys have been included in the 2022 Illinois Super Lawyers list. No more than five percent of the lawyers in Illinois are selected by Super Lawyers. Shelli Anderson Dana Fattore […]
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Illinois Supreme Court rules that Workers’ Compensation Act does not preempt BIPA claims
In a February 3, 2022 decision in Marquita McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park LLC, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that employee claims for damages for violations of their statutory privacy rights under the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA) are not […]
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