Last week, the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel issued a memorandum to NLRB regional offices interpreting the Board’s recent Boeing decision. In Boeing, the Board overturned that part of its Lutheran Heritagetest pursuant to which the Board invalidated facially-neutral work rules if they could be interpreted […]
Franczek P.C. Announces Hiring of Two Attorneys
June 12, 2018
Franczek P.C. is delighted to announce that the firm has hired a new attorney in its Labor & Employment practice group, Leah Farmer and Erin Walsh. Both counsel employers on a wide variety of employment and labor matters and have successfully litigated […]
Public Officials Cannot Block Critics on Social Media
June 11, 2018
This case requires us to consider whether a public official may, consistent with the First Amendment, ‘block’ a person from his Twitter account in response to the political views that person has expressed, and whether the analysis differs because that […]
The Firearm Concealed Carry Act (CCA) went into effect in 2013. One of its provisions requires a principal or designee to make a report to the Illinois Department of State Police (ISP) “when a student is determined to pose a […]
According to the Prevailing Wage Act, in June of each year, all public bodies are required to investigate and ascertain the prevailing rate of wages within their jurisdiction and take action to publicly post those determinations. In the event a […]
In Manley v. Law, the Seventh Circuit recently held that where a district undertook an investigation into a school board member’s alleged bullying of a student, the investigation and subsequent reprimand did not violate the school board member’s due process rights. […]
In a limited opinion issued yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. However, the Court’s decision in the case, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colo. Civil Rights […]
UPDATE: End-of-Career Salary Cap Signed by Governor
June 4, 2018
This morning, Governor Rauner signed the FY2019 Budget Implementation Act into law. Effective immediately, for school years beginning on or after July 1, 2018, a penalty will be imposed on school districts entering into contracts and collective bargaining agreements that […]