In the span of 10 days in August 2024, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law a series of significant employment legislation, paving the way for a new employment landscape beginning in 2025 and 2026. The new legislation includes:
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- Adding new requirements for employers utilizing artificial intelligence in their decision-making processes, and imposing liability under the Illinois Human Rights Act if those AI systems create a discriminatory effect;
- Passing long-awaited reforms to the Biometric Information Privacy Act that limit the number of violations an individual may accumulate under the law