Class action lawsuits targeting employers and other businesses for allegedly violating an Illinois biometric privacy law continue to roll into Cook County’s courts, as trial lawyers continue to pile up the complaints in the wake of a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision giving the green light to such actions. Businesses hit with the suits include Roosevelt University; CSX; Hearthside Food Solutions; and Professional Freezing Solutions.
The operator of a group of assisted living homes in Chicago and elsewhere in Illinois has been hit with a class action lawsuit, accusing it of violating its workers rights by making them scan their fingerprints when they punch in and out of work shifts, allegedly in violation of an Illinois privacy law.
Nursing home Providence Life Services has been hit with a class action lawsuit, accusing it of violating employees' privacy rights by making workers scan their fingerprints when punching in and out of work shifts.
