CANNING | COOKING | BAKING | FRYING | PROCESSING | BLANCHING
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MAHAFFEY & LEE
PRIMITIVE - COUNTRY
FARMHOUSE DECOR
Bushel
Basket
Candle Co
Bushel Basket Candle Co
2900 E Lincolnway Sterling IL
815-622-5996
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Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm Sat 10am - 4pm
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Food Business
Started Here!
3000 Sq./ft. Fully Equipped Commercial Kitchen
Licensed by Whiteside County and State of Illinois
Available to rent for all levels of food preparation
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food service and sanitation courses available
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815-626-COOK (2665)
174 1 IN DUSTRIA L DRIV E
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8-4:30
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An Honest Day's Work for an
Honest Day's Pay
This is the deal we all make as employees – we'll show up for work, complete
our tasks, follow the rules and the employer pays on time and treats us fairly.
Well, if this isn't the case for you, be happy you live in Illinois (don't roll your
eyes). Illinois is the most worker friendly state in the Union.
But how do you fight back against your employer when they have a team of
lawyers or a large bank account? A lot of employment laws in Illinois (and
the federal courts) have the employer pay the employee's attorney's fees if the
employee wins the lawsuit. This means most or all employment lawyers will
take your case without money down. It makes sense, doesn't it? How does
someone who is being underpaid or just lost their job afford an attorney? The
law solves that problem.
It really begs the next question – what kinds of employment law cases are
there? There are wage-related cases if you are not being paid straight-time or
overtime correctly; there are whistle-blower cases if you are fired, demoted
or passed over for a promotion because you reported an illegal activity; there
are retaliation cases if you are fired, demoted or passed over because you took
FMLA leave; there are sexual harassment and hostile work environment cases
caused by the climate of your workplace or your supervisor. I've even had a
case where someone was fired because of their National Guard duty. Truth is
stranger than fiction, let me tell you.
I'm proud of the work I do and what I do for a living. This area is full of
people who feel the same way – proud of their welds, proud of their fabrication
work and proud of the contributions they make to our country without
anyone knowing it. That makes it even harder to take when a career is ended
inappropriately, but luckily there are laws out there to help right the wrong.
William Lee is an Owner of Mahaffey & Lee located at 409 N. Cherry St. in Morrison, Illinois.
His practice areas include probate, estate planning, real estate, employment law and business consulting.
He holds a Juris Doctor from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law and a certificate from
Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Workplace. He can be reached at: will@mahaffeyleelaw.
com. The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice
of law and that the certificate, award or recognition is not a requirement to practice law in Illinois.
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