Jennifer E. Dunn

Publications Chicago City Council Passes Ordinance Requiring Nonprofit Contractors to Enter into Labor Peace Agreement with Unions NLRB Proposes New Rule Expanding Scope of Joint-Employer Standard: What Might This Mean for You? Your Neutral Uniform Policy May Violate the NLRA Illinois Supreme Court rules that Workers’ Compensation Act does not preempt BIPA claims Illinois Community Colleges Cannot Replace Laid Off Tenured Faculty with Adjuncts Illinois Supreme Court Agrees with City of Chicago regarding Destruction of Police Officer Misconduct Records Guidance for Developing Appeals Process of Unsatisfactory Ratings Under Public Act 101-0591 Settled: Paid Sick Leave Must Be Taken Immediately After Birth Remote Learning and the Duty to Bargain During Coronavirus Pandemic NLRB to Lift Suspension on Board-Conducted Elections Post-Janus Legislation Weakens Impact of Supreme Court’s Decision and Imposes Heightened Requirements on Public and Educational Employers Non-Union Members Denied Fair-Share Fee Refunds After Janus Takeaways for College, University, and K-12 Leaders from Recent Harvard Race Discrimination Decision Unfettered Free Speech or Profane Outbursts? NLRB Invites Input to Determine Scope of Section 7 Protection New Law Imposes Various Measures to Address Student Safety, Including Educator License Suspension, Sexual Abuse Investigation Procedures, and More NLRB Clarifies Employer Right to Require Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Following Supreme Court’s Epic Systems Decision Governor Signs Law Requiring Collectively Bargained Appeals Process for “Unsatisfactory” Ratings The First Rollout of Proposed Amendments to the NLRB’s Election Rules Another Obama-Era NLRB Precedent Bites the Dust: A Swing Back Toward the Importance of “Entrepreneurial Opportunity” in Independent Contractor Analysis BREAKING: Supreme Court Rules “Fair Share Fees” Unconstitutional With Senate Confirmation of NLRB Member John Ring, NLRB Shifts to Republican Majority After Oral Argument: Public Sector “Fair Share Fees” on Thin Ice National School Walkout Planned for March 14 U.S. Department of Justice Rescinds Policy Protecting Transgender Employees Employee Fingerprinting and the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act: Class Action Suits Filed Take Two: The Supreme Court Again to Decide the Constitutionality of Public Sector Union “Fair Share Fees” The NLRB Opens the Door to Union Organizing Among Undergraduate Resident Advisors at Colleges and Universities The NLRB Rules That It Will Assert Jurisdiction Over Nonteaching Employees of Religious Institutions And Nonprofit Religious Organizations Supreme Court Holds Deferential Standard is Appropriate for EEOC Subpoena Reviews Federal Court Strikes Down Lincolnshire’s “Right to Work” Ordinance Illinois Supreme Court Rules Educational Employers Are Not Required to Arbitrate “Do Not Hire” Designation Appellate Court Reverses IELRB: School District Did Not Unlawfully Change the Status Quo or Retaliate Against Union Vice President