Employment Law

Federal and State laws have made the business of hiring, maintaining and firing employees a very complex proposition. For many years, the lawyers at Spesia, Ayers & Ardaugh have assisted businesses and individuals solve problems and assert their rights in employment related matters.

Our attorneys have worked with local companies to create employee handbooks containing procedures that attempt to insure compliance with Illinois and Federal laws. We have also counseled clients in connection with potential employment problems to avoid costly litigation. In addition, Spesia, Ayers & Ardaugh has provided litigation support for clients who have been sued by employees in both Federal and Illinois State Courts. Lawyers in our firm are well versed in the areas of race and age discrimination, retaliatory discharge and the American's With Disabilities Act. We have also assisted companies in defense of charges by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois Department of Human Rights and have handled unemployment matters.

In select cases with substantial merit, we have also represented individuals who were the victims of race discrimination, sexual harassment and discrimination on the basis of a disability. Christian Spesia and John Foreman recently settled a race discrimination case pending in Federal Court in the Northern District of Illinois for $1.5 million. Three other settlements of discrimination cases and retaliatory discharge netted over $350,000.

• EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
• U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

The Law Offices of Spesia, Ayers & Ardaugh in Joliet, Illinois, represents clients in Will County, Cook County, Grundy County, Kankakee County, Kane County, Kendall County, and Du Page County, including the communities of Joliet, Morris, Plainfield, New Lenox, Naperville, Aurora, Oswego, Bolingbrook, Mokena, and Frankfort.