Attention franchise-type business owners and businesses that have third-party staffing support to provide workers: A federal judge has blocked a National Labor Relations Board rule that was supposed to go into effect this month. Essentially, the proposed rule would allow all the workers from across franchise locations to unionize together if the rule had gone […]
UPDATE MARCH 1, 2024 The Corporate Transparency Act, which created the “Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI)” reporting obligation we have been talking about, has been declared unconstitutional by a federal court. However, the US Treasury Department will likely appeal the decision. At this time, any business subject to the BOI reporting rules should continue to comply […]
HB3641 was signed by the governor and it impacts the portion of the law discussed in the presentation regarding the “equal pay and benefits” sections. HB3641 pushed out the start date of the 90-day “clock” that starts ticking when you bring on an applicable temporary worker, with regards to paying that person equivalent pay and […]
The US Department of Labor (DOL) just issued a final rule indicating when a business has an “independent contractor” situation vs. an “employee” situation. This new rule is effective as of March 11, 2024. Notably, the rule indicates that IRS tax status for an individual may be different than the independent contractor/employee classification of a person under […]
BUSINESS-RELEVANT BILLS PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES As of May 22 – Business-relevant bills that have PASSED both houses and are heading to the Governor’s desk: HB 2086 (Stava-Murray/Edly-Allen) is an initiative of the Illinois Environmental Council. As amended, the bill creates health standards for individuals wishing to bring their own to-go containers to retailers and restaurants […]
The House concurred unanimously with Senate Amendment # 1 to HB 559 (Morgan/Glowiak Hilton) which creates the Health Care Workforce Reinforcement Act to codify and clean up the Governor’s COVID-19 Executive Orders regarding healthcare and the healthcare workforce. Governor Pritzker signed the bill into law on Thursday, April 27. Concerns out-of-state temporary healthcare worker licenses, clarifies some […]