The Chicago Minimum Wage Ordinance was adopted at the end of 2014 to much fan fare because it raises the minimum wage requirements for all employees within the City of Chicago. The current rate schedule for minimum wage in Chicago is as follows: Effective Date Non-Tipped Employees Tipped Employees July 1, 2015 $10.00 $4.95 July 1, 2016 […]
Aaron B. Maduff And Walker R. Lawrence Have Been Recognized As 2017 Illinois Super Lawyers
Aaron B. Maduff and Walker R. Lawrence have been recognized as 2017 Illinois Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service that selects a state’s top lawyers based on a nominations, independent research and through peer-reviewed evaluations. The selections are broken down into Super Lawyer and Rising Stars. The top 5% attorneys are selected to Super Lawyers and […]
Are You A Tipped Employee? Understanding The FLSA And Tipping Laws
Are you a tipped employee and do not understand the laws for tipped employees? You are not alone. There are tipping laws that are governed by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), protecting tipped employees who regularly receive more than $30 in tips on a monthly basis. Maduff & Maduff, LLC wants to help you to better understand […]
Understanding Your Rights And What To Do If You Become A Victim Of Harassment
Sexual harassment is a serious problem in today’s workplace. And while every workplace should be free from sexual harassment or discrimination of any type, there are laws in place in order to protect employees. Since these cases do happen, and often, it is critical that employees understand their rights and what to do if they become […]
Should You Consult With An Employment Attorney?
Making the decision to consult with an employment attorney may not be an easy one to make. Many do not understand when their employment law concerns should be taken to the next level. The employment attorneys at Maduff & Maduff want to help you understand when your employment law violations need to be addressed by an employment attorney. Wrongful termination, […]
Your FMLA Rights: How An Employment Attorney Can Help
If your FMLA rights have been violated, there are several things that you, as an employee, can do. While these things may be handled by yourself alone, by using an employment attorney, the outcome may be different. It is also important that you consult with an employment attorney that specializes in FMLA before tackling any of the following […]
Starting July 2017 – Most Chicago Workers Will be Entitled to 5 Paid Sick Days
Yesterday, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance requiring employers to provide employees (within the City of Chicago) one hour of sick leave for every 40 hours of work. The accrual is capped at five sick days in a 12-month period. The ordinance is scheduled to go into effect on July 1, 2017 and will affect virtually […]
Appeals Court Deals Mandatory Arbitration a Huge Blow—Or Does It?
Epic Systems Corporation, a healthcare software company in Wisconsin thought it could prevent its employees from suing to recover alleged failure to pay overtime by a simple arbitration agreement. Epic required its employees, on pain of losing their jobs, to agree that any wage-and-hour claims would be settled only by individual arbitration and that such claims could not be pursued in a […]
Employers Can Make Up to 10% of Salary with Nondiscretionary Payments under the new FLSA Overtime Rules
While the updated salary requirements to be exempt from overtime are receiving all the headlines there were other important changes that will go into [WHEN] effect. One of those changes is a new rule that allows an employer to count non-discretionary payments towards the new $47,476.00 salary threshold. The rule caps this amount at [THE LESSER OF/GREATER […]
White Collar Exemption Salary Requirement More Than Doubled
The three White Collar Exemptions are by far the most common asserted by employers to avoid paying overtime. If an employer wants the apply the exemption to any employee, it must show that it pays the employee paid a minimum salary, and that the employee meets the particular duties test. The most common duties tests are as follows: […]