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Ebony C. Smith

Associate || Chicago

Employment Law, Traditional Labor Relations, Multistate Advice and Counseling

Ebony C. Smith is an experienced labor and employment defense attorney. With an eye to the changing regulatory landscape. Ebony helps marshal clients through their most challenging workforce issues. She has practical experience working with public and privately held companies across the consumer services sector, public and private educational institutions, and she has supported clients before administrative agencies and in federal and state court.

Employment Law, Traditional Labor Relations, Multistate Advice and Counseling
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  • Chicago Bar Association
  • Cook County Bar Association
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • National Employment Law Council

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Illinois Enacts Law Banning Racial Discrimination Based on Hairstyle or Hair Texture

On July 1, 2022, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 3616, also known as the CROWN Act. The CROWN (“Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair”) Act (Public Act 102-1102) amends the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) to expand the definition of “race” for the purposes of combatting unlawful discrimination in Illinois.

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