Legal Question in Employment Law in Illinois
Employment Law
I am a salaried employee with a yearly performance bonus. Bonuses are paid based on sales/profitability after year end and the audited. The bonuses are paid by March 15th of the following year. Which would have been paid yesterday. However I received an employment offer and when I met with my employer to discuss their position for counter offer and get an idea if I needed a 2 week or if they felt they needed a 4 week notice should I decide to leave. They told me they were not going to pay my bonus until I have them moved into a new facility which would be the around May15th. They have already paid bonus as usual to the other salaried employees using the standard March 15th deadline. I have been employed for 9 years with this employer. Is it legal for them to hold just my bonus ransom?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Employment Law
Hello. In my opinion the withholding
of your bonus is in violation of your
rights as a salaried employee. Their
actions clearly seem hostile. Hope-fully the bonus benefit is specified
in a written document that you should
have received when you first began this position. I think you should write your employer a letter and demand the bonus which you state should have been paid on March 15. I
suggests that you get a lawyer to write the letter. In my opinion this
can have the effect of letting the employer know that you know your rights and intend to see that your rights are protected. Will be happy to discuss this further and in more detail.
Re: Employment Law
Hello. In my opinion the withholding
of your bonus is in violation of your
rights as a salaried employee. Their
actions clearly seem hostile. Hope-fully the bonus benefit is specified
in a written document that you should
have received when you first began this position. I think you should write your employer a letter and demand the bonus which you state should have been paid on March 15. I
suggests that you get a lawyer to write the letter. In my opinion this
can have the effect of letting the employer know that you know your rights and intend to see that your rights are protected. Will be happy to discuss this further and in more detail.
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