Legal Question in Employment Law in Illinois
I live and work in the sate of Illinois. At work one day I half-jokingly said something to a co-worker about unionizing. She told me that I could be fired just for talking about such a thing. Since then, another co-worker has said the same thing.
I cannot find this anywhere in the employee handbook and, regardless of that, I thought we had laws protecting employees' rights to form unions?
In a nutshell:
would it be legal for a company in the state of the Illinois to fire an employee for just talking about joining a union? Would it be legal for said company to fire employees for actually attempting to form a union?
Thank you for any info.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Illinois is an "employment at-will" state, meaning that an employer or employee may terminate the relationship at any time, without any reason or cause.
The employer, however, cannot discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital status, physical or mental handicap, military service or unfavorable military discharge.
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