If signed, Illinois would join Maryland as the first states to implement such a law.
Read the proposed law here.
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The Illinois legislature approved a bill after a unanimous vote in the Illinois Senate that now is waiting for Gov. Pat Quinn to sign into law. The bill protects employees and prospective employees from having to provide social media passwords to current or prospective employers.
If signed, Illinois would join Maryland as the first states to implement such a law. Read the proposed law here.
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The current Illinois minimum wage of $8.25 an hour, or $16,500 a year for a full-time worker. 80 percent of minimum wage workers are adults, and 59 percent of the minimum wage workers are women.
This week, Illinois' Senate is debating a bill (SB1565) that would raise the minimum wage to $10.65 an hour over the next four years and after that it would be adjusted on July 1 of each year by the increase of the cost of living during the preceding year. This change would give workers an additional $4,800 a year. Find the status of the bill here. Illinois' Eavesdropping law is under attack both in the courts and in the legislature. The law currently makes it illegal to audio record conversation unless all parties to conversation give their consent.
Currently, there is a bill that would weaken the state’s strict eavesdropping law is moving forward in the Illinois Legislature. Additionally, the 7th Cir. issued a ruling in American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois v. Alvarez, No. 11-1286. The court held that the Dist. Ct. erred in dismissing plaintiffs' action based on standing. In the underlying action, the plaintiff challenged the Ill. eavesdropping statute on First Amendment grounds, where the plaintiff sought to openly make audio-visual recordings of police officers performing their duties in public places and speaking at volume audible to bystanders. The Seventh Circuit held that standing was established where plaintiff's proposed action of recording police officers increased likelihood of arrest and prosecution under the statute, and where defendant's office had previously filed three cases asserting violation of the statute against individuals, who had recorded on-duty police officers. The Seventh Circuit further found that plaintiffs were entitled to entry of preliminary injunction that would block defendant from enforcing the IL eavesdropping statute as applied to plaintiffs' proposed actions since because under immediate scrutiny standard, the statute restricted far more speech than was necessary to protect legitimate privacy interests and otherwise violated free-speech and free-press guarantees. The question remains whether the ruling applies to everyone in the state. Antoinette Choate was invited to speak on employment law (focusing on employee rights) for Law Week at a Chicago Public Library. The program is designed to offer free legal information on today’s hot legal issues. The program features a presentation by an experienced attorney, followed by a brief question-and-answer session on five legal topics.
Date: Saturday, May 5 Time: 1:00 p.m. through 3:00 p.m. Location: Betsy Coleman Library 731 E. 63rd Street, Chicago |
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