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  'A hostile place:' Employers in Chicago and beyond face sweeping lawsuit risk under Chicago PTO rules

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Nov 10, 2023 @ 12:20pm

  'Progressive' supporters cheered passage of the ordinance, which guarantees all workers 10 paid days off every year. Business groups said it will expose any employer, anywhere, who sends workers into Chicago to potential risk of lawsuits if they don't comply with the ordinance

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  IL COVID workers comp rule changes could leave employers asking: Close the doors or 'pick up tab'?

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Monday, Apr 13, 2020 @ 8:22pm

  Illinois' Workers' Compensation Committee has changed workers' comp rules, forcing employers to prove workers infected by COVID weren't infected at work.

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