Stay current in employment and labor law with on-demand programs built for Illinois attorneys, covering the issues that most often drive counseling, investigations, and litigation. Topics include employment termination obligations and workplace considerations, employment discrimination, and timely updates on Illinois employment law developments that affect both employers and employees.
You will also find practical, practice-ready content on fast-moving areas like wage and hour standards and evidence issues, remote and hybrid work policies, and how workplace rules intersect with online speech and social media. The catalog includes coverage of newer Illinois compliance topics as they emerge, including Illinois Human Rights Act–related requirements tied to the use of AI in employment decisions. Watch on your schedule and earn Illinois MCLE credit.
Professor Jason Pierceson provides Illinois attorneys with a practical roadmap to understanding how conservative judicial strategies, regulatory shifts, and recent Supreme Court and Seven Circuit decisions affect employment law, constitutional litigation, education law, healthcare regulation, and civil rights enforcement since the Bostock v. Clayton County decision.
In today’s hyper-connected world, a single tweet or Facebook post can end a career overnight. From viral videos of employee outbursts to heated political rants on personal accounts, social media has blurred the lines between our private opinions and professional lives. Employers are increasingly faced with difficult questions: Can we fire someone for what they say online? And employees are asking: Do we have any right to speak our minds without risking our jobs?
This program provides an introduction and overview of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). USERRA is a servicemember friendly Federal statute protecting civilian employment for military members.
Learn practical considerations for both plaintiffs and employers when gathering and presenting evidence regarding conditional certification status under the Fair Labor Standards Act after Richards v. Eli Lilly, which replaces the long-held Lusardi standard.
