Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance
The Fair Workweek Ordinance goes into effect on July 1, 2020. Employees are covered by the ordinance if they work in one of seven “covered” industries, they make less than $26 an hour or $50,000 per year, and the employer has at least 100 employees globally (250 employees and 30 locations for a restaurant). Covered employees are given:
- Advance notice of work schedule (10 days beginning July 1, 2020)
- Right to decline previous unscheduled hours
- One hour of predictability pay for any shift change within 10 days
- Right to rest by declining work less than 10 hours after the end of the previous days’ shift
For further information and FAQS as well as required notices, click here.
Hotel and Casino Employee Safety Act
Hotel and Casino Employee Safety Act
Beginning July 1, 2020, the Hotel and Casino Employee Safety Act (the HCESA) requires hotel employers and casino employers to:
- Provide employees who work in isolated spaces with a safety or notification device (or panic button) to use if the employee reasonably believes that an ongoing crime, sexual harassment, sexual assault or other emergency is occurring in the employee's presence;
- Develop and follow a written anti-sexual harassment policy to protect employees against sexual harassment and sexual assault by guests; and
- Refrain from retaliating against an employee for disclosing, reporting or testifying about sexual harassment and sexual assault.
Amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act
Effective July 1, 2020, amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act include:
- Expanding the definition of employer to include all employers with one or more employees within the state during 20 or more calendar weeks within the calendar year of, or preceding, the alleged violation; and
- Changing the definition of employer to exempt any place of worship employing individuals of a particular religion to perform work connected with the carrying on by the place of worship of its activities.