Illinois Questions and Answers
I have been working full time at Barnes & Noble and now they have me at working at part time
Can an employer legally change your status from full time employee to part time employee without permission and if not what can I do about it?
1 answer | asked Aug 13, 2001 11:26 AM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Severance Pay/Umenployment compensation
I was just laid off/downsized at Underwriters Laboratory. They will pay my bi-monthly salary for 20 weeks. Am I still entitled to unemployment compensations?
1 answer | asked Aug 11, 2001 8:01 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
age discrimination in severance
My company is going through several rounds of cuts in headcount and I'm one of them. I am concerned that there may be some degree of age discrimination or other bias at work in my regard. I am over 40...
1 answer | asked Aug 8, 2001 12:14 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Am I exempt from overtime requirements?
I will be working for an Illinois seven attorney law firm as a law clerk this summer. I will be paid hourly, based on the number of hours I work each week, no set weekly or monthly salary. I was surpr...
1 answer | asked Apr 25, 2001 12:33 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Retroactive pay decrease & OT back pay
My husband's co. recently had the IDOL come in, and now they have to pay out OT. He is getting back pay, but only at half pay, and they told him today that they are lowering his hourly rate by $3.50, ...
1 answer | asked Apr 16, 2001 6:18 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
WARN Act Violation
A couple of weeks ago, my company laid off myself and 130 others with no notice, just two weeks of severance pay. There were about 400 people in the company. I, and many of my former co-workers wonder...
1 answer | asked Apr 3, 2001 5:58 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Non-compete as a sofware consultant
Hi, I work for a consulting firm as a w2 employee with zero benefits, they simply pay me for every hour I work. Basically they are a middleman between myself and my client. For every dollar I bill the...
1 answer | asked Mar 28, 2001 11:53 AM [EST] | applies to Illinois
How can I receive my final paycheck?
I recently left a company and I have yet to get my final paycheck. Their 1st excuse was since I did not go through my exit interview that it would be delayed 2 weeks.Well the 2 weeks have come and gon...
1 answer | asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Can I get Sundays off to attend church?
Is it illegal for an employer to not give an employee who wishes to start attending church Sundays off?
1 answer | asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
Is my non-compete binding if I was fired?
I was recently fired from my sales position with a distributor of building materials, and since then two suppliers have approached me to go into business for myself to rep their lines. I signed a cont...
1 answer | asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois