Pay Transparency Law

Lunch at 11:30, meeting starts at noon.

Registration:  Please RSVP no later than Thursday, November 7 if attending in person to ensure adequate resources. 

Paul H. Burmeister from Davis and Campbell will present on the Pay Transparency Law going into effect on 1/1/25.

Paul is a member of the firm where he focuses his practice on representing business owners, companies, and educational institutions, primarily in the areas of labor and employment. Paul handles all aspects of employment litigation on behalf of employers and management, as well as general counseling on day-to-day employment matters. He also advises clients in union settings, including collective bargaining and arbitration, and maintaining positive employee relations. Paul spends a significant portion of his time defending clients in all manners of employment litigation, regularly appearing before the EEOC, IDHR, the National Labor Relations Board and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, as well as federal and state courts.

Paul has been admitted to practice and represented clients in several jurisdictions, including the State of Illinois, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Central and Northern District Courts of Illinois (where he is a member of the Trial Bar).

Paul is a member of both the National Association of College and University Attorneys and the Illinois State Bar Association. He also is conversant in German and has authored pieces for legal and industry publications, including the following:

• “Independent Contractors” Chapter, Conducting the Employment Audit (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2015)
• “Employee Committees” Chapter, Labor Law Handbook (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2014)
• “Rauner Draws Battle Lines With Executive Order” (Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, March 9, 2015)
• “EEOC’s Frontal Assault on Severance Agreements” (Corporate Counsel, April 30, 2014)
• “Northwestern University Football Team Takes Its Case to Form a Union to NLRB” (Chicago Business Journal, February 12, 2014)
• “Don’t Get Blitzed by the NLRB” Video CLE Presentation (Lawline.com, December 2014)

Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 1991)
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (M.A., Labor Relations, 1997)
• Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., 2001)

Event Location

Meeting will be at the OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center. When arriving though the main entrance, go past the information desk and walk through the double doors on the left. The Auditorium will be immediately on your left.