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A Schaumburg, Illinois employment contract is an agreement where the employer and employee each intend to legally bind the other to particular conditions in the work relationship. Contracts for employment in the state of Illinois are negotiable, which allows the parties to arrive at an agreement best suited to their work relationship. Employees with an employment contract specified a time of employment are provided with a guarantee of job security if conditions of the contract are met, and it allows their managers to have some type of control over productivity.

Common Terms in Illinois Employment Contracts

Job descriptions, wage levels, length of time of employment (or more likely, at will employment), and grounds for promotion or termination are typically included in the majority of Illinois employment contracts. However, there are also other, less common, clauses that are worthy of notice. First, an arbitration clause requires parties to forego their rights to access the courts for any employment dispute.

Second, the contract can contain a termination clause, also known as a "severance clause". Courts have held that employers who violate these clauses when firing a person may be sued for wrongful termination. Furthermore, information or work that is obtained or completed by an employee may be subject to confidentiality and non-compete clauses.

How Can a Schaumburg Lawyer Help?

An Schaumburg attorney specializing in Illinois employment law can help you to understand what a given employment contract contains. An attorney will also counsel you in obtaining what is fair to you in the contract terms, and they can help negotiate agreements addressing your needs as you begin or end employment.

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Life in Schaumburg

Schaumburg, Illinois is a village in Cook County. It is less than 30 miles northwest of Chicago, and has a population of about 75,000 people.

By the mid-19th Century, the area now known as Schaumburg, Illinois had been permanently settled, mostly by immigrants from Germany. The city takes its name from Schaumburg, a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, where many of the German immigrants came from. Thanks to this strong influence early in its history, the city's German character is still visible, in its architecture, restaurants, and culture.

For nearly a century, the village was somewhat isolated from the rest of Illinois, even from nearby Chicago. Howoever, the post-war building boom, and the near-universal adoption of the automobile by the early 1950s, ended this isolation.

Modernly, the city is an affluent suburb of Chicago, with the median household income being about ,000. Theenormous wealth produced in a city such as Chicago is able to support a surrounding area many times larger than the city itself, which contributes to the high standard of living and income seen in Schaumburg.

If you live in Schaumburg, Illinois, and need a lawyer, you're in luck. Schaumburg, Illinois attorneys are able to handle just about any legal problem a resident of Schaumburg is likely to face.

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