Rideshare drivers could unionize in Illinois under bill passed by General Assembly
Drivers could vote to form a union, elect union representatives and bargain collectively.
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Companies could be on the hook for work-related activities before and after shifts start, court rules
Two former Amazon employees sued the company, arguing they should be compensated for time spent on health screenings during the ...
Pritzker vetoes bill that would have required warehouse workers to know their quotas
Gov. JB Pritzker issued a rare veto on a bill requiring warehouse employees to know their quotas.
Prohibition on book bans, right to sue for ‘deepfake porn’ among new laws taking effect Jan. 1
More than 300 statutes will become law in the new year
Senate passes bill protecting ‘child influencers’
The Illinois Senate passed a bill to financially protect child influencers by mandating vloggers share revenue in trust funds.
Session Recap: Union-backed wage theft measure will head to Pritzker
A major initiative of a regional carpenters’ union that aims to end wage theft in private construction projects will head ...
Minority contractors line up against liability shift aiming to address wage theft
A union-backed bill putting primary contractors on the hook for wage theft committed by their subcontractors is facing opposition in ...
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