CHICAGO – Heading into Labor Day weekend, Attorney General Kwame Raoul highlighted a new report detailing actions his office has taken during the past year to advocate for and protect Illinois workers. The Attorney General’s Workplace Rights Bureau was codified in state statute in 2020 and has since collected more than $27 million in owed wages and restitution for workers and collected $935,000 in penalties against companies alleged to have discriminated against workers on the basis of race or sex. “The dedicated attorneys and staff of my office’s Workplace Rights Bureau work every day to uphold and defend Illinois laws, resolve serious and persistent violations of workers’ rights, and ensure that law-abiding businesses are not undercut by those that violate the law to gain unfair advantages,” Raoul said. “I am committed to continuing to fight for workers’ rights, and I encourage anyone with questions or concerns about their workplace
A resident called police when a neighbor showed up on his front porch naked, with his hands zip tied behind his back. The man had been shot seven times.
ST. LOUIS - We kick off September where we ended August, with below average temperatures and dry conditions. A swirling low pressure center in eastern Kansas has been sending some clouds our way but the rain has held mostly west. Central Missouri and the western edge of the St. Louis region have a slight chance [...]
Diapers and menstrual hygiene products such as tampons and pads will no longer be taxed in Missouri stores. A new law, which went into effect last week, eliminates what’s commonly known as the “luxury” state sales tax rate of 4.225% on these products. After years of bipartisan support for eliminating this luxury tax in Missouri, […]
The Make America Healthy Again movement has generated a lot of discussion about public health. But the language MAHA proponents use to describe health and disease has also raised concerns among the disability and chronic illness communities. I’m a researcher studying the rhetoric of health and medicine – and, specifically, the rhetoric of risk. This […]
On a private webinar, Littler Mendelson attorneys said ‘risk-tolerant’ employers could ignore a Rhode Island ban, because anti-union meetings provide ‘tremendous value.’
Without a quorum at the NLRB, state legislation that codifies collective bargaining for private-sector employees may be key to preserving workers’ rights.
From Architect: On the outskirts of Lohja, Finland, a small, dark-clad structure quietly signals a revolution in how we build and how we live. At just 365 square feet, the Tiny House Shadow might seem modest in scale, but its ambition is sweeping: to prove that our homes can be lighter on the planet, radically […]
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