The Illinois Supreme Court recently issued a decision determining that Illinois’ state wage-and-hour law, 820 ILCS 105/1 (IMWL), does not incorporate the federal Portal-to-Portal Act’s (PPA) exclusions for “preliminary or postliminary” employee activities.
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Illinois Joins a Growing Number of Jurisdictions Rejecting the Federal Portal-to-Portal Act

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