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Cristina Alma McNeiley counsels clients on labor and employment matters, including drafting policies and handbooks, preparing presentations for client trainings and counseling, and drafting employment agreements. She has experience conducting extensive legal research and preparing memoranda related to commercial litigation, labor and employment, and associations and foundations.

Cristina also has deep litigation experience, having engaged in commercial litigation for large institutional clients in the pharmaceutical and insurance industries. She has drafted and revised large vendor contracts and cancellation letters for major associations and foundations.

On March 13, 2023, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law SB 208, a bill requiring Illinois employers to provide up to five days paid time off for “any reason.”

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Heralded as a victory by unions and employee worker’s rights groups even before votes were confirmed, on Nov. 15, 2022, a majority of Illinois voters ushered in the Illinois Workers’

Continue Reading Illinois Workers’ Rights Amendment Provides Employees Fundamental Right to Organize