Caselaw Update - Employment Law 2023

Topics covered include: Family Bereavement Leave Act; Employee Sick Leave Act; Illinois Human Rights Act (Crown Act); One Day Rest in Seven Act; and more.

Changes and trends from the past year. Topics to be discussed include: notable recent wage & hour case law, DOL developments, biometric information privacy act update.

Participants will learn how to plan a response to an investigation addressing discrimination and harassment issues, including the planning of the investigation, the investigation, as well as a company’s response to a finding substantiating the investigation. The session will also address unique issues attorney investigators face in investigations that include warnings to witnesses, third-party attendees, and two key privileges: attorney-client privilege and the attorney work product doctrine. Finally, additional faculty members will join Kathryn and Thurston for a discussion on common but difficult occurrences in investigations involving race, gender and more. The issue will be covered from all sides; the investigator, in-house attorneys, employee and employment counsels. All will share practical advice on what to do when the issue has many gray areas.