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Loudermill Hearings

Unfortunately, a return to normal probably means some employers are increasingly having to contemplate the uncomfortable process of terminating employees not meeting expectations or engaging in certain misbehaviors. Before terminating an employee with a reasonable expectation of continued employment, an employer must schedule, notice, and conduct a Loudermill hearing.

Tenured Teacher Dismissal for Cheating on Statewide Testing Affirmed by Illinois Appellate Court

In a divided decision of the Third District Illinois Appellate Court, the Court upheld a Board's decision to terminate a tenured teacher after a Hearing Officer found insufficient evidence to affirm the Board's dismissal of the teacher.
 

Illinois Appellate Court Overturns Board's Dismissal of Tenured Teacher on Due Process Grounds

The First District Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth Division, recently decided a case where a tenured teacher claimed that her 14th Amendment due process rights had been violated when she was dismissed after 20+ years of service with only hearsay evidence to support the charges against her. Courts have long held that tenured employment is a protected property interest and therefore cannot be removed without sufficient process. Bd. Of Ed. Cmty. Consol. Sch.