Illinois High Court: LMRA Preempts Worker’s Hand Scan Biometric Privacy Claims

Mealey's (April 24, 2023, 11:46 AM EDT) -- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Because a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) governed the method a university’s employees clocked in and out of work, the Illinois Supreme Court found that a former employee’s putative class claims over the use of his hand scan under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) were preempted by the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA)....