City of Chicago and Cook County: Playing by Our Own Rules
In my previous blog entry, I talked about significant laws taking effect in this new year of 2024 for employees/employers doing business in Illinois, including the monumental Paid Leave for All Workers (PLAW) Act. You should be aware that (in classic Chicago fashion) both Cook County and the City of Chicago have their own paid leave ordinances that supersede PLAW. Again, I am not a lawyer, so please consult the legal counsel at your organization and do your own research to verify this information.
Illinois Laws That May Be Relevant to HR Professionals in 2024
In this blog post, I will present a number of new laws that are taking effect or have taken effect in 2024 that are likely relevant to small, medium, and large businesses domiciled in Illinois or that have employees in Illinois. I hope this information is useful to the HR professional, entrepreneur, or anybody else who is curious. Please allow me to take this opportunity to state that I am a humble computer geek (more specifically, a Software Solutions Architect) and that law is not my primary profession. In other words, I am not a lawyer. Please consult the legal team at your organization or other legal counsel to confirm the accuracy of the information presented here, especially before acting upon it. I've chosen to focus on the dozen or so laws that I think are likely to be most important to HR professionals, however, this list is non-exhaustive and I strongly encourage you to do your research and fact-checking.