Meg Karnig

Meg Karnig provides multistate compliance advice to employers on disability accommodation, paid sick and safe time, mandatory paid leave, vacation/PTO, and other leaves of absence issues. Meg regularly drafts and reviews paid and unpaid leave policies and employee handbooks.

Meg has extensive knowledge of Illinois paid leave issues with a focus on the following laws:

• The Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLAWA)
• The Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance
• The Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance

Meg also represents employers in employment matters before Illinois state and federal courts and agencies. She is a member of the firm’s Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation Practice Group and a core member of the firm’s Paid Leave practice subgroup.