New workplace standards become law in Illinois next week

The Center Square, December 23, 2019 – One of the hundreds of new laws taking effect next Wednesday in Illinois will require nearly all employees in the state to take harassment training and small businesses have been working to comply with the new requirement. The new law that takes effect Jan. 1 will put in place a requirement that employers require employees to complete harassment training. Restaurants have a different type of training requirement.

One of the most significant changes to state law is that discrimination only has to be “perceived,” said Andrew Rawson, co-founder of the training company Traliant.

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