Deerfield Employment Lawyer

Wage and hour disputes can arise when employers are accused of failing to pay the minimum wage, miscalculating rates of pay, misclassifying employees as independent contractors, as well as failing to pay commissions or executive bonuses. In any event, most employees in Illinois are entitled to the minimum wage, which will be raised by state law to $15 per hour by 2025. In addition, employers are required to properly classify their workers as exempt (administrative, executive, or professional), or nonexempt; employees designated as “nonexempt” must be paid overtime.

State and federal laws prohibit employers from making employment decisions (hiring, compensating, training, promoting, hiring) based on protected characteristics such as age, race, color, national origin, sex, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

Workplace harassment can occur in a variety of ways. For instance, a supervisor or another person in a position of authority may demand sexual favors from a subordinate in exchange for a promotion or other benefit of employment. Similarly, unwanted conduct, comments, or visual displays in the workplace can create a hostile work environment.

Although Illinois is an “at-will” state as mentioned above, a wrongful termination claim can arise when an employee is fired for an illegal or discriminatory reason or in breach of a written or implied contract. Our Deerfield employment lawyer represents clients in both state and federal court, as well as in administrative proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR). Diana Servos has a proven ability of effectively resolving employment disputes and helping employers and employees achieve workplace fairness.