by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Mar 6, 2021 | Employment Law
Can employers require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine? According to new guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the answer is yes. On May 28, the EEOC issued updated guidance detailing that employers are indeed permitted to require workers to... 
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Sep 16, 2020 | Employment Law
In April 2020, Kennedy Hunt P.C. filed a class action wage and hour lawsuit against Eclipse Advantage, LLC, a warehouse-based product distribution company. In September, we filed an Amended Collective / Class Action Complaint against the company. In April 2018, our... by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Mar 30, 2020 | Employment Law, Local News
On March 27, 2020, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump. this economic relief package was over $2 trillion to provide workers, families, and small business with economic... by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Mar 24, 2020 | Employment Law, Local News
On March 18, 2020, the Senate passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act). Under this Act, certain employers are required to provide employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19.... by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Nov 16, 2019 | Disability Law, Employment Law
Kennedy Hunt, P.C. recently received an Order from Judge Gilbert in the Southern District of Illinois largely denying summary judgment in a sexual harassment and disability discrimination case against the City of Murphysboro, Illinois. Our client, the Plaintiff, was a... by Camille Respess | May 14, 2019 | Employment Law, Local News
Discrimination in the workplace, in education and in all public places, was made illegal in 1964. Yet and still, workers and employees are still discriminated against 54 years later. According to 2018 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, black people are...