Subject Index Employment Law

State Lawsuit Immunity Act opens Illinois to lawsuits from state employees

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
October
2003
LawPulse
, Page 486
The new law, which allows state employees to bring race, age, and other discrimination suits, has claimants' lawyers cheering.

Coming Home: Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Job Reinstatement Rights

By Joanna G. DuPriest
August
2003
Article
, Page 407
A guide to state and federal job-reinstatement laws.

Hospital Employment of Physicians After Berlin and Carter-Shields

By Saul J. Morse & Robert John Kane
August
2003
Article
, Page 402
Recent developments in Illinois law governing employment of physicians by hospitals and hospital affiliates.

Workin’ overtime

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
August
2003
LawPulse
, Page 374
Proposed federal regs would redefine exemptions from overtime laws, particularly for managerial employees.

Bankrupt employees; no firing after filing?

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
July
2003
LawPulse
, Page 326
Employers may not "discriminat[e] or retaliat[e] against" employees who have filed for bankruptcy. But what does that mean?

Retaliatory discharge protection extends to employees testifying in other employees’ workers’ compensation actions; scope of employment approach proper test for hearsay

June
2003
Illinois Law Update
, Page 280
On March 25, 2003, the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, reversed and remanded the order of the circuit court of Cook County granting summary judgment for the defendant corporation.

The Illinois Supreme Court’s 2002 Civil Cases: A New Court Settles In

By Nancy J. Arnold, Tim Eaton, & Michael T. Reagan
April
2003
Article
, Page 172
Our annual review of the leading cases.

Tandem state-federal claim produces big results in employment case

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
April
2003
LawPulse
, Page 162
An ISBA member combined a state common law intentional infliction of emotional distress claim with an FMLA claim to win a huge federal trial court judgment for his client.

Unfinished Business: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Recent Labor-and-Employment Cases

By Douglas A. Darch
April
2003
Article
, Page 188
A review of the U.S. Supreme Court's remarkably large output of labor-and-employment cases in 2002.

What HIPAA’s Privacy Regs Mean for Employers and Group Health Plans

By Aaron W. Brooks
April
2003
Article
, Page 192
Guidance for lawyers and their employer clients.

Public-employee pension pitfall

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
March
2003
LawPulse
, Page 110
Teachers, police officers, and other government workers charged with crimes related to their official duties have one thing in common ; they all face the loss of their pensions, a fact their lawyers should keep in mind.

The devil in the details of domestic-partner benefits

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
November
2002
LawPulse
, Page 578
More employers are offering benefits to their employees' nonspouse partners. Here are some of the legal and administrative issues they need to consider.

A Guide to EEOC Mediations

By Mary B. Manzo
November
2002
Article
, Page 607
Pointers about the EEOC program from the Chicago office's ADR coordinator.

Fee tax turns employment-lawsuit winner into loser

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
October
2002
LawPulse
, Page 506
Taxing attorney fee awards as income to the plaintiff threatens to reduce an employee's award to less than zero.

Defendant’s failure to assign plaintiff tasks that were given to more experienced employees did not constitute a materially adverse employment action under Title VII

September
2002
Illinois Law Update
, Page 454
On July 12, 2002, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) in a suit brought by an employee under Title VII.

Employers need not hire workers for jobs that threaten health

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
August
2002
LawPulse
, Page 392
The ADA does not require employers to hire employees for jobs that would pose a "direct threat" to the candidates health, the Supreme Court ruled.

New 7CA limits on arbitration agreements

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
June
2002
LawPulse
, Page 282
Employer-employee arbitration agreements that require each party to pay its own attorney fees in civil rights and sexual harassment cases are unenforceable, the seventh circuit rules.

The ABCs of the ADA

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
May
2002
LawPulse
, Page 226
Every lawyer should know something about this far-reaching statute.

Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act P.A. 92-0068

May
2002
Illinois Law Update
, Page 232
Gov. Ryan recently approved legislation creating the Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act.

Tax Consequences of Settlement in Employment Litigation

By Nile J. Williamson
May
2002
Article
, Page 263
Lawyers should allocate settlement proceeds so their clients can avoid tax—but sometimes it's easier said than done.

Preventive Legal Care for Workplace Violence

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
February
2002
LawPulse
, Page 62
Counsel your employer-clients to address workplace violence before it happens.

Are Plant-Shutdown Pension Benefits Protected?

By Michael F. Tomasek
January
2002
Article
, Page 43
Federal courts are split on the issue.

Employee’s Hepatitis B did not substantially limit a major life activity under the Americans with Disabilities Act

January
2002
Illinois Law Update
, Page 14
On October 22, 2001, the seventh circuit court of appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment for a former employer, holding that "liver function" was not a major life activity under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 USC § 12101 et seq.

In dismissing action, court converted employer’s motion to dismiss into a motion for summary judgment, and thus was required to permit parties to engage in discovery

January
2002
Illinois Law Update
, Page 14
On October 22, 2001, the seventh circuit court of appeals reversed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff Covington's ADA claim.

Responding to employees’ security fears

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
January
2002
LawPulse
, Page 10
Post-September 11, it's more important than ever to respond appropriately to employee worries about safety in the workplace. But that doesn't mean acceding to unreasonable demands, a Chicago lawyer says.

Disaster volunteers

December
2001
Illinois Law Update
, Page 624
On September 14, 2001, the Illinois Department of Central Management Services adopted an emergency amendment to section 303 of the Illinois Administrative Code. 80 Ill Adm Code 303.

Preventive legal care for employers

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
December
2001
LawPulse
, Page 620
A Chicago attorney offers employment-law audits to her clients. Should you do the same?

Plaintiff employee who was not handicapped under the guidelines of the Human Rights Act was not discriminated against when his employer terminated him

November
2001
Illinois Law Update
, Page 568
On July 31, 2001, the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, affirmed the order of the Human Rights Commission concluding that the commission's finding that the plaintiff's employer, R.B. Hayward and Company, did not discriminate against him based on a handicap or a perceived handicap "was not against the manifest weight of the evidence."

When direct evidence of discriminatory intent in denying job training is present, plaintiff need not show that the denial was materially adverse to employment

October
2001
Illinois Law Update
, Page 516
On July 3, 2001, the seventh circuit court of appeals affirmed in part and vacated in part the lower court's grant of summary judgment to the defendant, Caterpillar, Inc.

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie C. McGrath
September
2001
Column
, Page 450
Two years and time's up for legal malpractice; nightshift-assignment doesn't constitute sex discrimination; and more.

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