Yesterday, Bruce Rauner signed a law reducing the filing fees for most Illinois Limited Liability Company paperwork. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced that the law would go into effect immediately, stating “This is a business-friendly law that significantly reduces the cost of forming and maintaining a Limited Liability Company in Illinois”. (Read the full announcement here). This [...]
There have been some important updates in Employee Sick Leave Laws in Illinois! Chicago, Cook County, and the state of Illinois have all had some changes to their laws regarding sick leave. Chicago and Cook County now have mandatory sick leave for almost all employers with employees in their jurisdiction. Read below for more details about the new sick leave [...]
Starting up a new business can be very exciting! You get to plan where you want your business to be located, what you want it to look like, what you want to name it, and make other fun decisions. Then there are the steps that you take because it’s part of running a business. When starting a new business, [...]
The Department of Labor’s new Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Final Rule, that was scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016, was recently blocked nationwide by a Texas federal judge. In March of 2014, President Barack Obama directed the Department of Labor to “modernize and streamline the existing overtime regulations for executive, administrative, and professional employees.” Under [...]
The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) can be very confusing for businesses of all shapes and sizes. Even large businesses make mistakes that violate the ADA. At the restaurant chain Houlihan’s, a hostess and her manager turned away a war veteran with a service dog. Uber has gotten into trouble several times in the past because drivers have refused [...]