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The Commission generates case law that is valid in Illinois. This decisions, and the case law derived from them, serve as initial points of reference for questions of employer liability, disability diagnoses and treatments, and the extent to which medical expenses can be charged to an employer and an employer's workers' compensation insurer. [1]
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Laws applied Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth , 524 U.S. 742 (1998), is a landmark employment law case of the United States Supreme Court holding that employers are liable if supervisors create a hostile work environment for employees. [ 1 ]
Vicarious liability is a separate theory of liability, which provides that an employer is liable for the torts of an employee under an agency theory, even if the employer did nothing wrong. The principle is that the acts of an agent of the company are assumed, by law, to be the acts of the company itself, provided the tortfeasor was acting ...
(The Center Square) – About a dozen new Illinois laws set to take effect Jan. 1 impact employers. House Bill 5561 prohibits employers from taking retaliatory action against an employee who ...
The Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) are the codified statutes of a general and permanent nature of Illinois. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The compilation organizes the general Acts of Illinois into 67 chapters arranged within 9 major topic areas. [ 3 ]
The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is the code department [2] [3] of the Illinois state government that is responsible for the administration and enforcement of more than 20 labor and safety laws. [4] Its director is Jane Flanagan, who was appointed in by Governor J. B. Pritzker. [5]
In August 2013, Illinois became the 20th state to legalize medical cannabis when the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act was signed into law. IDFPR became responsible for licensing and regulating the dispensaries that sell medical cannabis to patients, along with each dispensaries’ Principal Officers, Agents-in-Charge, and Agents.