EMPLOYEE RIGHTS IN THE WORKPLACE

Allison, Slutsky & Kennedy, P.C. represents individual employees, classes, and labor organizations in a variety of legal matters:

  • Employment contracts.

  • Severance agreements.

  • Discrimination and harassment based on race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, disability, national origin, religion, arrest record, and other legally protected classifications.

  • Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) violations.

  • Workplace closings, plant closings and WARN Act violations.

  • Arbitration of employment disputes.

  • Tenured teacher dismissal proceedings.

  • Public employee dismissal and discipline hearings.

  • Restrictive covenants and non-compete clauses.

  • Retaliation for reporting violations.

  • Pension, profit sharing, health insurance, and other employee benefits.

The firm's lawyers have experience litigating employment matters in the federal and state courts; before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois Department of Human Rights, and other federal, state, and local administrative agencies; and in alternative dispute resolution procedures such as arbitrations and grievance proceedings.