On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the 2023 Omnibus Spending Bill into law. Buried in the legislation were two new laws providing additional protection for pregnant and nursing employees in the workplace: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) and […]
Title IX Updates: Key Wins—and a Loss—in Federal Courts for Transgender Students and Athletes
January 10, 2023
Originally posted to our Title IX Insights Blog. Happy New Year from the Title IX team at Franczek! Over the next several posts, we will be providing Title IX updates from the end of 2022 that you might have missed, […]
On January 5, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a proposal to broadly ban employers from limiting their employees’ post-employment activities through non-compete agreements or “de facto” non-compete provisions. Employers often use these agreements to prevent their employees from […]
Happy New Year! Several employment laws became effective January 1, 2023, and our team at Franczek P.C. has compiled them in its new Labor & Employment Law Legislative Update, focused on new laws in effect in 2023. The new laws […]
School Law Legislative Update: New Laws in Effect in 2023
January 9, 2023
Happy New Year! Several Illinois laws related to schools became effective January 1, 2023, and our team at Franczek P.C. has compiled them in its new School Law Legislative Update, focused on new laws in effect in 2023. A PDF […]
Franczek’s Title IX Team Published in Illinois Association of School Business Officials UPDATE Magazine
January 3, 2023
An article by Franczek’s Title IX team—partners Kaitlin Atlas, Amy Dickerson, Jennifer Smith, attorney Emily Tulloch, and law clerk Jenny Lee*—was published in the Winter 2022 Risk Management issue of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials (IASBO) UPDATE magazine. […]
Franczek P.C. is pleased to announce that Rachel Domash and Kristen Kinast have joined the firm as a associates. Rachel’s practice includes advising and representing clients in both the public and private sectors in a wide range of education, labor, […]
Labor Updates: Recent NLRB Rulings on Scope of Union Bargaining Units, NCAA Athletes
December 29, 2022
As we’ve previously reported, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB, or the Board) under the Biden administration has been issuing decisions that are more union-friendly and less favorable to employers. Earlier this month, the Board reversed a Trump-era decision that […]