( April 1, 2026, 9:02 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Having received a response from the Illinois Supreme Court in the negative as to whether the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (IMWL) incorporates the federal Portal-to-Portal Act (PPA) amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) so as to exclude certain pre-shift activities, such as screening for COVID-19, from compensable time, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals directed the parties to file statements about what action the court should take to complete the resolution of the appeal....