Yes.  Tipped employees must receive the minimum wage.  

The Illinois Minimum Wage Law does not ignore the tipped employee.  Under the law Illinois employers are required to pay their tipped employees at least the minimum wage. 

Maybe.  It depends on whether you were fired for misconduct.  The Illinois Unemployment Insurance Act provides that if an employee is fired for misconduct the employee is not entitled to unemployment benefits.

Maybe.  Merely putting you on a salary or labeling you as “exempt” does not exclude you from receiving overtime pay.

Yes, if your Employer asked you to resign in lieu of being fired.

Yes: In some situations unemployment benefits are available even if an employee quits..

Yes.  In the typical situation Severance Pay will not make you ineligible for Unemployment Compensation.

To maintian the protection from personal liability afforded by incorporating, shareholders must follw certain rules.

It is possible to start a business without the complexity and expense of creating a separate legal entity.

In exchange for the severance payment the typical Severance Agreement asks for two things from the employee: a release of any claims the employee may have against the employer and a series of promises designed to protect the employer’s business.

People who sign Premarital Agreements are not cynics; they are planners.  If you intend to marry and have significant assets, take action to protect those assets.  Address property division today; don’t wait and leave it to a judge to decide for you.