Employment Law

Are you overwhelmed by the legal hassles of running your business? Federal and State laws have made hiring, maintaining and firing employees a very complex job. For many years, the lawyers at Spesia & Ayers have assisted businesses and individuals in solving problems and asserting their rights in employment related matters.

Our attorneys have worked with local companies to create employee handbooks that comply with Illinois and Federal laws. We also have counseled clients in connection with potential employment problems to avoid costly litigation.

In addition, Spesia & Ayers has provided legal support for clients who have been sued by employees in both Federal and Illinois State Courts. Our attorneys 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 in Joliet, Illinois, represents clients in Will, Cook, Grundy, Kankakee, Kane, Kendall, and Du Page counties, including the communities of Joliet, Morris, Plainfield, New Lenox, Naperville, Aurora, Oswego, Bolingbrook, Mokena, and Frankfort.