An employee has filed a class action lawsuit against Hegewisch Development Corp. and its subsidiaries, citing alleged violation of the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
An employee has filed a class action lawsuit against Loews Chicago Hotel Inc., Loews Corp., and ADP LLC, citing alleged violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
Saying the landlord’s acquiescence to the labor unions’ demands amounts to an illegal conspiracy to generate kickbacks for union contractors, a former tenant of an office high-rise owned by Jones Lang LaSalle in Chicago’s Loop has delivered a class action lawsuit against its ex-landlord, demanding the company be made to pay back potentially thousands of current and former tenants throughout the city for forcing them to use more expensive union labor when renovating their offices or moving in or out of office space in the JLL-managed buildings.
The former vice president of finance and operations for the National Hellenic Museum in Chicago has lost, for now, his attempt to sue the museum for allegedly wrongfully terminating him, after he claims he brought to light financial improprieties at the museum and a museum staff member claimed he stalked her.
A class action lawsuit has been filed by employees of Saint Anthony Hospital against the hospital and ADP LLC, citing alleged violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
A lawsuit that claims Speedway gas stations didn’t follow state law in collecting employee fingerprints is back in state court, after a federal district court denied Speedway’s motion to dismiss - while at the same time agreeing that the plaintiff suffered no injury.
A woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Ingalls Memorial Hospital; UCM Community Health & Hospital Division Inc.; and Becton, Dickinson and Company, citing alleged unlawful collection of biometric data.
Two plaintiffs who joined a class action suit against an Ohio-based shipping services provider over accusations of not paying overtime to employees are no longer part of the case and their claims could be heading into arbitration, despite the company's tardiness in presenting the court with the employment agreements containing the arbitration requirements.
A group of plaintiffs suing toy maker VTech over a 2015 data breach faced another setback when a Chicago federal judge again dismissed their would-be class action lawsuit.
Three employees have filed a class action lawsuit against Schulte Hospitality Group Inc. and SpringHill Suites by Marriott Chicago Southwest at Burr Ridge/Hinsdale for alleged invasion of privacy and violation of state law.
Two employees have filed a class action lawsuit against Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. and Adrian Carriers LLC for allegedly failing to properly compensate their employees.
A worker has filed a class action lawsuit against Elite Staffing Inc. and Visual Pak Company for alleged invasion of privacy and violation of state law, for allegedly collecting employee fingerprints for use with a wage and hour timekeeping system, without first providing employees with documents and information required by Illinois state law.
A man has filed a class-action lawsuit against Raymond Management Company Inc., which does business as the Raymond Group, and the Ultimate Software Group Inc. for allegedly collecting his biometric information without consent.
Hooters has asked a Cook County judge to toss a lawsuit alleging it violated a state privacy law by requiring employees to scan their fingerprints to use when punching in and out of work shifts, though the restaurant chain now faces a similar accusation from another lawsuit.
An employee has filed a class action lawsuit against Kindred Chicago Lakeshore alleging the hospital violated a state privacy law by compelling employees to scan their fingerprints for use with an employee punch clock, without first obtaining written consent.
A worker has filed a class action lawsuit against St. Bernard Hospital, St. Bernard Health Network and the St. Bernard Foundation, alleging the hospital and its affiliated entities violated a state privacy law by compelling employees to scan their fingerprints for use with an employee punch clock, without first obtaining written consent.
Southwest and American airlines, and hotel and resort operators Hilton and Wyndham, have been added to the large and growing list of employers in Chicago and elsewhere in Illinois targeted by class action lawsuits accusing them of not securing their workers’ written authorization before scanning their fingerprints into their company databases to more accurately log and track their employees’ work hours.
Aramark, one of the country’s largest employers, providing food service and other vendor services to Chicago’s Soldier Field and numerous schools, corporate headquarters, hospitals, prisons and other institutional facilities throughout Illinois, has become one of the latest targets among a growing number of lawsuits under an Illinois privacy law, accusing employers of not properly handling the process of scanning and managing their employees’ fingerprints to log employees’ work hours.
