Labor and Employment Law Committee (3/13/24)

This is a HYBRID program with a webcast and in-person option at The Chicago Bar Association (321 S. Plymouth Ct, Chicago, IL 60604). Please indicate if you will attend in-person when registering where indicated. 

TOPIC: Director’s Debut: Meet the New Director of the EEOC’s Chicago District
As the newly appointed District Director for the EEOC’s Chicago District Office (CDO) (encompassing Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota), Amrith Kaur Aakre will speak about her vision for updating the Chicago District’s current infrastructure and operating procedures to ensure more streamlined productivity, efficiency, and consistency across the CDO, while executing the EEOC’s recently updated Strategic Enforcement Plan. To meet the needs of our stakeholder groups, this also includes learning from employees, employers, and vulnerable communities how the EEOC can better serve the public to establish respectful and inclusive workplaces within our region.

Pre-reading: 
a. Title VII Discrimination issues: see Groff v. DeJoy decision - https://www.supremecourt.gov/o...
b. Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA): see https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what...; see also https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what...
c. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): see https://www.eeoc.gov/publications/ada-your-responsibilities-employersee; see also https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/... and https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/...

Speaker/Organization:  Amrith Kaur Aakre, Director of the EEOC’s Chicago District 

Moderators: Ashley Stead, McGann Ketterman & Rioux; and 
Thalia Pacheco, Fish Potter Bolaños, P.C. 

This meeting presented by the CBA Labor & Employment Law Committee and the National Employment Lawyers Association of Illinois.

 A complimentary networking reception follows the in-person event.

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