‘Abandon your lawsuit or abandon your home’

CHICAGO — An in-home caregiver was awarded a temporary restraining order by an Illinois federal court that said her employer, a disability support nonprofit, may not terminate or take adverse action against her pending a preliminary injunction hearing on her Fair Labor Standards Act claims. The court says the agency looks like an “employer confronting an employee with an ultimatum: abandon your lawsuit or abandon your home.”Read the ruling here.Subscribe to our free newslettersOur weekly newsletter Closing Arguments offers the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world, while the monthly Under the Lights dishes the legal dirt from Hollywood, sports, Big Tech and the arts.Additional Reads