When you own a business, it always helps to work with an attorney to ensure that everything runs smoothly. In most cases, business owners are going to find themselves working with transactional lawyers primarily. The skills that a transactional lawyer brings to the table can really provide a lot of benefits to employers. Yet even...
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What Can a Transactional Lawyer Help Me With?
A transactional lawyer, who is sometimes called a business law attorney or an employment lawyer, can be one of the most valuable allies you can have on your team as an employer. This is because transactional lawyers offer services to their clients, either individuals or organizations, to help ensure that everything they do...
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What is the Family Bereavement Leave Act?
Losing a loved one is never an easy experience. It is filled with pain, regret, and a whole miasma of negative emotions. It is understandable that somebody would want to take some time for themselves, away from the hustle and bustle of the workforce, in order to deal with the experience. Thankfully, Illinois has made...
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What Evidence Do I Need for a Wrongful Termination Case?
Work isn’t always a fun place to be. There are deadlines and frustrating clients and coworkers. Yet most of us need to work in order to pay our bills and keep ourselves floating above water financially. Few things are more destabilizing than losing our jobs. It’s one thing to be fired because we did a...
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What to Know About Overtime Pay in Illinois
When an employee in Illinois works more than 40 hours per week, they will likely be entitled to overtime pay. While the federal government has restricted who can receive overtime benefits, Illinois can still override these restrictions, which it often does. Exceptions for Exempt Jobs Illinois...
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What Damages Can You Recover if You Successfully Prove Sexual Harassment?
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employers are prohibited from discriminating against people on the basis of a number of protected groups: race, religion, color, national origin, or sex. Sexual harassment is considered a form of sex discrimination and therefore violates the Act. Federal...
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What is the Color Discrimination?
If you are employed in Illinois, there is a good chance that you are considered to be an “at-will” employee. This means that your employer can terminate you for (just about) any reason or no reason and you may quit for the same. However, there stand some exceptions to this. Employers may...
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What Are Reasonable Accommodations Under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted in 1990 in an effort to protect individuals with disabilities from being discriminated against due to their disability. The ADA ensures that these individuals are entitled to fair housing, education, public accommodations and transportation, telecommunications, and employment. In order to enforce the Act, businesses...
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What to Know About Severance Package Disputes in IL
When you lose your job, you may be concerned that you won’t be able to afford to pay your bills while you search for a new position. Luckily, for many people, a severance package will serve to keep you afloat while you find your new footing. A severance package is a monetary...
Continue reading…Transgender Workers in IL Protected Against Workplace Discrimination
Unfortunately, discrimination in the workplace still occurs each and every day. This was the reason for the implementation of both federal and state protections. Under federal law, that no one can discriminate against someone else on the basis of their race, religion, nation of origin, age, sex, or color. Then, in...
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