Illinois Questions and Answers

What is it like to be an attorney?
What type of schooling do you need to become a lawyer? What type of everyday skills would you use on the job? What is the salary range? What is a typical day in the life of a lawyer like? What is an e...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Promise to pay for a car lease if terminated - enforceable?
I signed an employment agreement in 8/98 with the following clause: MRC (company) shall lease a vehicle for Employee in the name of the company in an amount not to exceed $550.00 per month;provided ho...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Is a "no braids" rule discriminatory if I am the only one with braids?
Is it job discrimination if you are told that braids can not be worn and you are the only person that it is said to and it is not in the company manual? (and at the time that it was said there were no...
2 answers  |  asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Seeking advice on how to cut employee benefits
Health Insurance Questions: 1) Is it legislated what percent a company must pay of employee medical benefits? 2) Can we go from paying 50% of all insurance (employee and family) to paying 50% of emplo...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Is overtime pay a matter of policy or law?
In the Matter of At Will Employment,over-time pay and working longer than 6 days per week. Are this issues law or are they a matter policy, and if a company doesn't have any written policy in regards ...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Will discrimination attorneys work on a contingency?
Age discrimination was the motivatig factor in my recent termination (age 66), Are there emloyment lawyers in the Chicago area who will work on a contingency fee basis? Thanks.
1 answer  |  asked Mar 15, 2001 8:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois