On September 4, the Attorney General sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) informing DHS of his determination that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is unconstitutional. On September 5, DHS published a memorandum terminating […]
Under ERISA, retirement plans and self-insured welfare plans with 100 or more participants (measured as of the beginning of the plan year) are generally required to conduct annual audits, and to include the audit reports with their annual Form 5500 […]
President Donald Trump is expected to announce as early as this week or next week the future of the previous administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. News outlets have reported high-level meetings this week to review the program’s […]
The rollercoaster ride of the past weeks on school funding is coming to an end as the General Assembly has passed a new compromise bill that is expected to be signed by Governor Rauner as early as the end of […]
A recent article in Education Week has caught the attention of many local educators. The article, available here, discusses a national trend in property tax assessment appeals that can have devastating effects on school district budgets. The issue is a recent […]
The Illinois Appellate Court recently reversed a decision of the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board (PTAB) involving the taxation of a mobile home in Jones v. State Property Tax Appeal Board. While the opinion addresses a very rare circumstance, it is […]
The following is a summary of the 2017 legislative changes affecting school districts. For more information regarding the school funding reforms contained in Senate Bill 1947, For our Franczek P.C. alert. We are still evaluating the impact of this historic […]
In Mondelez Global LLC v. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District No. 8, an employer prohibited its unionized employees from working seven consecutive days without a 24-hour rest period. The employer relied on the One Day Rest in Seven Act […]
