Thursday, May 23, 2019
Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel
1551 N Thoreau Dr N | Schaumburg, IL 60173
8:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast | 8:30am - 10:30am Program & Q&A
Join IHLA for an educational seminar with Robert T. Bernstein, Partner at Laner Muchin, Ltd. discussing key labor and employment topics to help best protect your hotels including: An update on more recent Illinois, Cook County and Chicago employment laws; important wage and hour developments and trends; and major employment cases and rulings affecting your hotels.
Employment law discussion will include:
- Minimum Wage Ordinances (Illinois, City of Chicago, & Cook County)
- Paid Sick Leave Ordinances (City of Chicago & Cook County)
- Ban-the-Box Laws (Illinois & Chicago)
Illinois Laws:
- Employee Sick Leave Act
- Expense Reimbursement Law
- Service Member Employment & Reemployment Rights Act (ISERRA)
- Amendments to the Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act
- Secure Choice Savings Program
- Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act Expansion
Wage & hour developments & trends discussion will include:
- The U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed regulations relating to:
- Increasing the minimum salary threshold for those employees that are classified as exempt from the FLSA overtime requirements to $35,308 (from $23,660)
- Clarifying what pay items must be included in (i.e., non-discretionary bonuses and shift differentials) and what pay items can be excluded (i.e., wellness program awards and discretionary bonuses) from the regular rate for purposes of calculating overtime wages
- Potentially narrowing the scope of liability for companies in franchise relationships or temporary staffing arrangements
- The U.S. Department of Labor’s current position on tip pools and the 80/20 rule
- The most common types of wage and hour claims (Invalid tip pools, misclassification issues, off the clock issues, miscalculation of overtime, and claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act)
- Amendments to the Illinois Minimum Wage Law which drastically increase penalties for failure to pay minimum and overtime wages
All event proceeds benefit the IHLA Educational Foundation.
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For questions & additional information, please contact:
Karrie Teel | IHLA Director of Education & Communications
312-346-3135 x233 | [email protected]
About Robert Bernstein: Mr. Bernstein is a partner with Laner Muchin, Ltd. Mr. Bernstein’s practice has been concentrated in defending employers in employment disputes and proceedings throughout the country, counseling employers on their day-to-day labor and employment issues, training management on a host of labor and employment topics, drafting and negotiating employment and non-competition agreements, drafting employee handbooks and corporate policy manuals, as well as handling collective bargaining negotiations and a variety of other labor and employment matters on behalf of employers.
About IHLAEF: The Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association Educational Foundation (IHLAEF) is the not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) educational arm of the Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association (IHLA). Incorporated in 1992, IHLAEF has been a primary source of scholarship assistance for deserving Illinois college students pursuing hospitality management degrees throughout the country, awarding over $500,000 since its inception.
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