Recent reports show that student homelessness is at an all-time high, and growing at exponential rates. Yet when we at Franczek conduct training of school and school district employees on residency issues, we find that it’s common for confusion to linger with […]
At a meeting of the City Club of Chicago today, Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi presented his plans to modernize the Assessor’s office. Kaegi announced that the first area of Cook County he will reassess is the north and northwest […]
Originally posted on our Wage and Hour Insights Blog On February 15, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2019-2, providing additional guidance for Wage and Hour Division staff regarding how to apply tip credit rules for employees who perform […]
Originally posted on our Wage and Hour Insights Blog On February 15, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2019-2, providing additional guidance for Wage and Hour Division staff regarding how to apply tip credit rules for employees who perform […]
Originally posted on our Wage and Hour Insights Blog On February 19, 2019, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1, which increases the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 per hour by 2025. Under the new law, the minimum wage will increase from $8.25 […]
On February 22, 2018, in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus that fair share fees for public sector employees are unconstitutional, the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150, filed a lawsuit seeking to strike down an Illinois law that […]
Franczek P.C. is pleased to announce that the following attorneys have been included in the 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers list. No more than five percent of the lawyers in Illinois are selected by Super Lawyers. Shelli L. Anderson Todd Faulkner […]
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) recently released proposed non-regulatory guidance addressing school district compliance with the requirement that federal funds “supplement, and do not supplant” state and local funds under Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) […]
