In this article, our Chicago employment examine and discuss the importance of creating thorough employment contracts and independent contractor agreements. These are key clauses that protect business owners:

• Non-Compete Clauses
• Non-Solicitation Clauses
• Trade Secret/Confidentiality Clauses
• Non-Disparagement Clauses

Our Chicago labor attorneys create solid employment contracts and contractor agreements that willprotect your company's interests and limit your exposure to liability.

Read the full article by our Chicago employment attorneys regarding employment contracts & independent contractor agreements in Chicago. 

In this article, our Chicago labor lawyers explain an employer's duty to pay the full wages owed to a terminated employee during the next payroll cycle.  If wages are withheld, the company will owe not only the withheld wages, but also attorney fees and a penalty of 2% per month for every month wages have been withheld.

Read the full article by our Chicago employment attorneys regarding the penalties for employers withholding pay from Chicago employees. 

In this article, our Chicago employment lawyers explain employees' rights to access to see their personnel files. By law, employees can typically access their employment records twice a year while employed and for up to a year once terminated, though there is no law in Illinois requiring an employer to create personnel files for employees so an employee is only entitled to review records to the extent that they exist.  

Read the full article by our Chicago employment attorneys regarding employees' rights to review their Chicago personnel records.