In this article, our Quad Cities 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 Quad Cities employment attorneys regarding employment contracts & independent contractor agreements in Quad Cities. 

In this article, our Quad Cities 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 Quad Cities employment attorneys regarding the penalties for employers withholding pay from Quad Cities employees. 

In this article, our Quad Cities employment lawyers explain employees' rights. As an employee, you are entitled to certain rights and 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 Quad Cities employment attorneys regarding employees' rights to review their Quad Cities personnel records.