Each year, LP’s Labor & Employment Practice Group is pleased to provide a short checklist of steps that all companies should consider taking to measure their readiness for the coming year. We hope that you find our 2022 Labor and Employment Law Checklist to be a helpful guide to best practices for the year ahead.

• Update Restrictive Covenant Agreements! Illinois employers (and those in a few other states, including Oregon and Nevada) should update restrictive covenant agreements to conform with new state law requirements. Notably, Illinois’ Freedom to Work Act includes salary thresholds, requires that employees are given 14 days to review and advised to consult with an attorney, and codifies requirements for adequate consideration to support restrictive covenants.
• Prepare to Apply for Illinois’ Equal Pay Registration Certificate. Employers with more than 100 employees in Illinois must apply for the Certificate between March 24, 2022 and March 23, 2024, and recertify every two years thereafter. According to a January 25th Press Release from Governor Pritzker, companies will be notified by the Department of Labor when it is time for them to register and will be given at least 120 days’ notice of their individual deadline. The application must include a list of employees separated by gender and race/ethnicity with total wages paid and an equal pay compliance statement that, among other things, must indicate how often compensation is evaluated to ensure equal pay and the...

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