Publications

Earlier this week, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law SB1480, which amended the Illinois Human Rights Act (the Act) in a way that will significantly affect how employers deal with employee conviction records.

Earlier this month, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA).

For a variety of reasons, the solar industry has experienced, and will continue to experience, record growth.

Eligible borrower application deadline is May 31, 2021.

The IRS announced late last week that the due date for filing 2020 federal individual income tax returns and making 2020 federal individual income tax payments is automatically postponed from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021.

Earlier this month, the IRS provided guidance for employers claiming the employee retention tax credit for 2020.

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA, 2021) was signed by President Biden on March 11, 2021 to address the continuing economic impact on employers and employees the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has posed.

In this fifth installment of our Construction Interview Series, Rich Reizen, Chair of Gould & Ratner’s Construction Practice, talks with Tom Bassett-Dilley, Owner of TBDArchitects, about green building and energy efficient design methodologies, including the state of the architectural industry and design focused on sustainability and net zero energy consumption.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated the section of its Compliance Manual on religious discrimination in the workplace.

On January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety.”