Some of our firm’s most recent notable recoveries on behalf of Illinois worker include:
- Seven figure recovery under the Illinois Gender Violence Act on behalf of a #metoo victim who was harassed and sexually assaulted by the CEO of a major corporation. The CEO was terminated. The agreement required systemic changes at the organization and the addition of a female board member.
- Six figure recovery on behalf of a Illinois executive employed by a large cannabis company for violation of the Illinois Whistleblower Act when he experienced numerous adverse employment actions after reporting numerous compliance violations.
- Six figure recovery under the IHRA for pregnancy discrimination and wage and hour violations by a “ghost payroll” employee of a major corporation who was terminated as a nanny to the executives after disclosing her pregnancy.
- Seven figure recovery on behalf of a senior executive of a major consulting firm who was owed over $5M of deferred compensation.
- Six figure recovery by a medical professional against a national accrediting organization for religious discrimination.
- Reinstatement of a suburban firefighter after multiple illegal attempts to terminate him stemming from successful alcohol treatment.
- Multiple recoveries resulting from illegal employment activities stemming from COVD-19 including:
- A public health worker who was terminated after she blew the whistle on the mishandling of COVID samples.
- A immunocompromised employee who was terminated after they refused to return to an unsafe work environment.
- The recovery of unpaid wages owed to a physician after refusing to work without the proper PPE in a hospital.
- Damages for multiple employees of a national retail chain who were terminated as a result of attempting to organize store employees to ensure proper CDC and State of Illinois COVID protocols were followed.
- Title VII Harassment and Discrimination recoveries include:
- Sex and national origin based discrimination by a hotel manager against multiple plaintiffs.
- A car salesperson who was harassed as a result of their sexual orientation.
- An African American female manager subjected to sexual and racial harassment by both bosses and coworkers alike.
- Multiple recoveries for unpaid wage or wage and hour violations, including:
- Recovering three years’ unpaid overtime wages to a welder who was misclassified as exempt from overtime pay requirements.
- Recovering an earned bonus for a construction contractor whose employer refused to pay his bonus after he left the company.
- Recovering a signing bonus for a human resource employee whose company changed the terms of her pay after she signed her employment agreement and was due her bonus.
