Employment laws in Illinois, as in most other states, allow organizations to fire employees at will as long as the reason isn’t illegal. For men and women to have a successful case against an employer, they must be able to prove the reason for termination was illegal. Elk Grove Village employment attorneys represent clients in these cases.
Illegal Reasons
Examples of illegal reasons for firing include discrimination and retaliation. Elk Grove Village employment attorneys represent clients dealing with these circumstances if there is enough proof to justify litigation.
Discrimination
For instance, it’s against the law in Illinois to end employment because a person transitioned to a different gender. That would be discrimination. Employers also cannot fire anyone for coming out as gay or lesbian.
Retaliation
Retaliation is a more common allegation in employment termination situations. Often, this involves a person accusing a supervisor, manager, or company owner of sexual harassment and being fired afterward.
In other cases, the higher-level individual tried to begin a romantic or sexual relationship with an employee and terminated the worker after being turned down. Another instance might be an employee discovered in a secret relationship with the supervisor’s or owner’s spouse. Firing as retaliation is illegal in this situation too.
Organizations also cannot fire someone who has applied for workers’ compensation after an injury on the job. In addition, employment lawyers can successfully sue organizations for wrongful termination when someone is fired while on maternity leave.
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