There is no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic has left large segments of the workforce caught between a rock and a hard place: they can refuse to come to work and risk losing their job, or they can continue to go to work and risk their health and, potentially, their life. This is especially true […]
How to Request Sick Leave and FMLA Protections Under Expanded COVID-19 Laws Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), certain qualified employees have long been entitled to up to twelve weeks of leave for reasons including the birth of a new baby or to care for themselves or a family member with a serious […]
NEW COVID-19 Employee Protections – Expanded FMLA Protection and Paid Sick Leave On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. As part of this comprehensive economic stimulus plan, Congress affords greater protections for employees in light of the COVID-19 pandemic which will directly affect their rights in the […]
Employee Rights Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic We have been receiving numerous inquiries related to employer actions taken in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Our team at Caffarelli & Associates Ltd. Is constantly monitoring developments and stands ready to advise employees affected by this crisis. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act On March 18, 2020, […]
Mr. Caffarelli will serve on a panel composed of labor, employment, and management attorneys to be held on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The panel will comment on Professor Rafael Gely’s presentation on the media’s impact on perceptions of the arbitration process and, along with Professor […]
Caffarelli & Associates Ltd. attorney Alejandro Caffarelli was recently invited to speak on panels at the Chicago Bar Association, as well as Chicago-Kent Law School’s Institute of Law in the Workplace. On Wednesday, December 11, 2019, Mr. Caffarelli presented “The Biometric Information Privacy Act after Rosenbach – A Survey of the Legal Landscape” with Alan […]
Please click on the below links to view the Settlement and related Notice Documents in Bence v Presence Health Network, Case No. 17CV8315 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois: ECF90-1 Final CEP Notice ECF90-2 Final Non-CEP Notice ECF68-1 Settlement Agreement […]
The following press release was issued by the office of Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, relating to the retirement of Judge Castillo and the judicial screening committee: WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today released the following statement after District Judge Rubén Castillo, a Federal District Court Judge in the Northern […]
Caffarelli & Associates Ltd. is proud to announce that Katherine Stryker has joined the firm as an Associate (admission pending). Ms. Stryker received her Juris Doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law in May of 2019, where she graduated with a joint certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution & Workplace Litigation. During law school, Ms. Stryker worked […]
Last week the Northern District of Illinois denied in full Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss in the matter of Spratt v. Bellwood Public Library (18-cv-6573) in a case briefed by Alexis Martin of Caffarelli & Associates Ltd. Ms. Spratt worked for the Bellwood Public Library for 25 years, serving as the Director for the last 4 […]
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