The Act limits employers' ability to consider criminal convictions in hiring and employment decisions, requires them to obtain a registration certificate. The Illinois Legislature has been busy this 2024 session, passing more than 10 new employment laws or amendments to existing employment laws in May 2024.The Attorney General's Workplace Rights Bureau protects and advances the employment rights of all Illinois residents. Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. In the 1960s and 1970s, homecare workers unionized with other public sector employees in Illinois and elsewhere. The Future of Restrictive Covenants in Illinois. Third in a series of alerts about recent changes in Illinois employment law. The bureau investigates and litigates cases involving serious or persistent wage law violations or other significant employment practices. Unlike in the private sector, where federal labor law uniformly regulates employers within many sectors of the economy, see 29 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.