Employee's Biometric Privacy Claim Not Preempted By Workers' Comp Law, Panel Says

Mealey's (September 23, 2020, 9:17 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Affirming a trial court's decision, an Illinois appeals panel on Sept. 18 found that a woman's claim against her former employer under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is not precluded by the exclusivity provisions in a state workers' compensation law because the biometric privacy claim is not compensable under the latter law (Marquita McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park LLC, et al., No. 2017 CH 11311, Ill. App. 1st Dist., 2020 Ill. App. LEXIS 627)....