Billhorn Law Firm – Offices in Chicago, IL and Denver, CO
At the federal level, the minimum wage has been set at $7.25 per hour. All states must pay at least this much, even if they do not have a set state minimum wage. In Illinois, however, the state-level minimum wage has been set at $15 an hour. This is more than twice...
Many employees who are required to or volunteer to spend additional hours at their job and can be paid for working overtime. Overtime pay laws allow employees to earn one and one-half times their typical rate of pay if they work more than 40 hours in a workweek. For...
Workplace discrimination occurs when an employer, manager or employee treats someone unfairly based on their race, color, religion, gender, disability or another legally protected characteristic in the workplace. For example, someone might be paid less than their...
