Chicago Passes Ordinance Prohibiting Retaliation For Obeying Stay-At-Home or Health Provider Orders

As part of its response to COVID-19, the Chicago City Council recently enacted an ordinance prohibiting employers in the city from taking an adverse employment action against an employee for obeying a city or state official’s stay-at-home order, or a treating healthcare provider’s order requiring the employee to quarantine. Employers are also prohibited from retaliating against an employee who must care for a family member subject to one of these orders. The ordinance went into effective immediately.