Illinois Questions and Answers

does an employer have to sign the non-compete?
I'm involved with a case where my employer refuses to produce to the court page 05 of the non-compete agreement. Now, that's the signature page and without it how can we have a contract (since a contr...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 25, 2012 4:40 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Collecting unemployment while on maternity leave if already collecting benefits before leave
Question Currently collecting unemployment due to losing 1 of my two jobs. I will be going on maternity leave in a couple months will I still be granted unemployment benefits even if I am still active...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 13, 2012 4:26 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Can a non-compete be enforced if I have been demoted?
I originally signed a non-compete when I was involved in the Engineering department and had almost daily contact with customers and was very involved with development of pricing strategy and process d...
1 answer  |  asked May 16, 2012 02:51 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

I have a 50 mile 2 year non-compete as a chiropractor in Central Illinois. Will it hold at 43 miles
Non Compete Question: My clause states that I may not practice chiropractic or work as an agent of another chiropractor within 50 miles of Bloomington-Normal, IL. (from memory but, if I’m correct, v...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 16, 2012 2:46 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Is applying for a new job protected conduct?
I currently work for a vendor service company where work is assigned on a daily basis. Work has been drying up lately and as such I have started to look for other employment. When I asked my manager f...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 13, 2012 07:56 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Can a employer insist you use your full legal name
Can my employer insist employees use their full legal first and last name when dealing with customer in a inbound collection and credit call center? We have always been allowed to use our first names ...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 16, 2012 11:18 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

What forms may an employer require from employee for intermittent FML
Company has farmed out FML management to a third party concern. At the third party concerns request. I have supplied certification of serious health condition form ( there's ) completed by my health c...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 23, 2012 11:02 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Can you refer me to an Chicago-area attorney whose specialty is employement retaliation?
My son's immediate supervisor fired him from his managerial position after he asked her to stop altering his time-worked information (which I believe is a federal offense) on his time card. From tht t...
2 answers  |  asked Feb 22, 2012 12:43 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Do you have to qualify for 1250 hours twice if you have 2 conditions?
I have more than one fmla condition on file, and have used both conditions in the past. Now my attendance manger is saying that i have to have 1250 hours for both conditions in order to use them both....
2 answers  |  asked Feb 20, 2012 4:45 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

conciliation how many yrs does this take?
EEOC in 2001 found that I was discriminated against.I have always kept in touch with EEOC. I was informed 12/15/11 by Office of Field Program that this charge was closed. This was confirmed by 2 other...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 18, 2012 2:33 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

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