Illinois Questions and Answers
Can employer (a government entity) change rate of pay and still require my daughter to do same work?
My daughter and a couple of her friends were hired by the mayor of a local village at $8 per hour. At the March meeting, the Village Board decided to raise the pay to $15/hour effective May 1. This is...
1 answer | asked May 14, 2010 06:25 AM [EST] | applies to Illinois
My non-compete says I can do no work I did with my ex-employer anywhere in US. Is it enforceable?
My non-compete states that I cannot do any of the work that I performed for my former employer (engineering), anywhere in the United States for the period of one year. I did not quit, I was laid off. ...
3 answers | asked Apr 22, 2010 9:16 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
can my empoyer get away with this? what should i do?
it started over a few months ago when i filed a osha compailnt anomynously about several safety violations. after they contacted him, he then fixed some but not all of them. i then discovered some mor...
3 answers | asked Apr 13, 2010 4:59 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
How do I know I am a full-time employee?
My employer has me as a part-time employee yet for the past year I have been working forty-hours a week. Yet since I am a part-time employee I do not get the benefits of a full-time employee such as v...
2 answers | asked Apr 13, 2010 07:30 AM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Harassed because using intermittent FMLA
I have a recently disabled son who at times needs my assistance. I applied for and received intermittent FMLA, allowing me to take a few hours off 3 or 4 days a month to help him, using a maximum of 1...
3 answers | asked Apr 13, 2010 03:03 AM [EST] | applies to Illinois
can my employer fire me?
can an empolyer force you to take a promotion. my boss wants me to take the manager position at his store but i dont want that kind of responsibility for a only a 2 dollar pay raise. i currently make ...
1 answer | asked Apr 12, 2010 1:09 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
do i have a case?
i informed my boss of several safety violation in the work place. he still did not fix them. i reported him to osha and osha told him to fix them. he took certain pics and led them to believe that he ...
2 answers | asked Apr 6, 2010 7:47 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
how do i go about suing my current employer?
I work for a DVD company that recently suspended me due to rentals on my account that they were never able to collect on due to a closed bank account. I was advised I would be placed on a unpaid suspe...
1 answer | asked Mar 20, 2010 9:14 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
What do i do???
I work as a press operator at a well known gasket company 12 hrs a day. The machine that I was working on begin to have problems such as the die kept getting stuck going in and coming out. When mentio...
1 answer | asked Mar 10, 2010 08:22 AM [EST] | applies to Illinois
what would like to received information on what type of EEOC to file
I am a disable veteran with 30 percent I started working for VA in 1990 as an Electronic Mechanic I presently have 25 years I have several work performance awards I have never received any disciplinar...
2 answers | asked Mar 9, 2010 7:56 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois