b'Kassandra Silva of Michael Best joined Jeff Risch on stage for the first session of theAshley Trost and Mary Felder were panelists for the discussion on day to discuss Illinois employment law updates.how the unique employment laws in Illinois affect their business.in job postings as well as limiting orboarding and training.He reviewedinsight on their biggest challenges in banning the use of wage or com- the EEOC and DOJ joint guidancetheir own industries, as well as those pensation history in making hiringon AI, and some challenges to watch. that apply to all businesses in Illinois. or wage decisions.He reviewed theHe finished with some best practicesThe event ended with final amendments which lowered thefor HR professionals. networking opportunities and door threshold to employers with 15 orJeff then discussed key 2024 caseprizes! We want to thank our event more employees to include the paylaw updates and how they will affectsponsors, Amundsen Davis LLC, and scale and benefits in job postings.Hebusinesses in Illinois.He talkeda special thank you to everyone who concluded with some best practicesabout things to watch for as thesewas able to make this event. Without and review of some of the most fre- cases conclude. you all, this wouldnt be possible. quently asked questions. The final session of the day wasThe 12th Annual New Laws The next update Jeff provideda panel discussion on NavigatingForum will return in December 2025.us with was an Overview of FederalThrough the Unique Employment Developments. He noted the ban- Laws. ning of captive audience meetingsTwo panelists joined Jeff Risch by the NLRB.He reviewed otheron stage.Every year, a changes by the NLRB, including theAshley Trost, Director of People narrowing of the right of employerand Culture for Gallagher Asphaltmultitude of changes to discipline employees who engageCorporation. Ashley functions as in offensive conduct.He discussedan HR department of one, facilitatesoccur for the Illinois the EEOCs new guidance on theleadership training and developmentbusiness community, Pregnancy Workplace Fairness Act,and oversees the companys mar-as well as Gender Identity issues.Heketing and communications depart- including both state then talked about some laws thatment.have been invalidated, including theMary Felder is the Vice Presidentand federal updates. FTCs Non-compete ban, the De- of Human Resources at Midwest Re- This year was no partment of Labors Overtime Salaryfrigerated Services, having been with Rule, and the NLRBs 2023 Jointthe company since December 2020.exception . Employer Rule.The group talked about their A new topic for the New Lawscompany culture for retaining em-Forum was a dive into Artificialployees, finding, and recruiting new Intelligence and Legal Implicationsemployees, using AI in their organi-for HR.Jeff talked about the multiplezations, and their biggest concerns ways AI is being used for recruitmentfor HR in 2025 and beyond. Ashley and talent acquisition as well as on- and Mary provided some great DECEMBER 202413'