When it comes to receiving your earned pay, nothing is more important than understanding when and how you will be receiving your wage payments from your employer. You Must Receive Wage Payments Twice A Month Most employers pay their employees their earned wages biweekly, with the law requiring them to do so, at least twice a month. However, […]
Understanding Employment Law
It is important to know the difference between what is appropriate behavior for work and what should be saved for post work conversations. Being approached by another employee or higher in the workplace up can put you in an awkward situation if they say the wrong thing or if their comments are taken the wrong […]
When Does my Employer Have to Pay me and What do I do if They are not Doing it on Time?
Many employment laws and regulations are designed to ensure employers don’t take advantage of their employees. Some of those laws include when and how your employer should pay its employees. In Illinois, an employer must pay an employee by check or in the discretion of the employee by direct deposit or a debit card (subject to very strict guidelines). […]
10 Ways a Small Business Can Control Unemployment Insurance
As we outlined in a previous blog post Employer Basics: Unemployment Insurance in Illinois, an established employer must pay a percentage of each employee’s wages, up to an annual base of $12,690, into the State’s Unemployment Fund and that percentage can range from 0.55% to 7.75%. This difference can be significant, a multiple of more than 14 times, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
To Qualify for FMLA You Need to have worked 1,250 Hours — How is that Calculated
In a recent decision from the U.S. District Court in Illinois — Caggiano v. Illinois Department of Corrections— the Plaintiff, a prison correctional officer, retroactively requested FMLA leave on April 18, 2012, after being out for three consecutive days caring for his mother on April 7 – 10. The Defendant denied the FMLA request asserting that […]
Supreme Court Will Decide: Are Car Dealership Service Advisors Entitled to Overtime
Last week the Supreme Court agreed to review a case out of California that determined that Car Dealership Service Advisers were entitled to overtime. We discussed it at length here. The California decision was in stark contrast to two other decisions which held that Car Dealership Service Advisors were not entitled to overtime. The issue is whether service […]